Ice Full Error - SOLVED I figured out how to bypass the sensor on portable icemakers such as Igloo
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2023
- Disclaimer: I'm certain that this repair will void your warranty. I also take no responsibility for your wiring, your outcome, or basically anything related to this. This is just what worked for me.
Through trial and error, I figured out how to fix or repair or bypass the Ice Full issue on an Igloo portable ice maker. This seems to be a common problem regardless of name brand. I figured out how to bypass the sensor or eye to make the machine think the beam was always clear. Hopefully this works for you as well.
After reading everyone's comments. The fix is easy. The black sensor is the switch, the LED emitter must have failed (yellow LED). 2 wires going to the black pickup sensor switch from the black sensor, red and blue. The red is power, but that red also feeds two other reed switches, so don't cut that wire. The blue wire is the control wire for the sensor to the motherboard. All you have to do is cut the blue wire and splice it onto the power red wire. What I did was strip some insulation off the red wire, cut the blue wire, then wrap the blue wire to the red. Add some electrical tape, and done.
I just bought one and haven't even had it three weeks and it's broken....same problem! Tried cleaning, emptying water! If it's so common, why don't they fix that!!!
I didn't want to interfere with the wiring. I did a test of the transmitting diode and the receiving diode according to the camera and found that the beam was deflected. Thanks to the expansion and temperature changes inside the device. It was fixed by backing the receiving sensor with a pad. The ice maker is now working flawlessly.
Cutting the two wires on the right side (IR receiver) then soldering them together did the trick! Thanks for posting your video.
Legend. Fixed! Just pulled out the wires (black and red) out of the black sensor and put them together, protected them and it works. Thanks.
omg thank you it turns out that the sensors were dirty its finally working! never knew you had to clean the sensors!
It was the sensor for mine I’m not machine savvy like this 😅I got mine working by taping up the clear covering
Worked!. I just pulled the red/blue from the left side, spliced them into the other side. Not sure why there's a need for extra wire.
Worked perfect, I just ran the wires from the plug to the black eye plug at the board. No jumper needed, nice and clean.
I have the "self cleaning" Igloo which I use daily and often. As such, it requires cleaning more frequently, e.g. about once a month or so. I've noticed the ice maker will stop working if a cleaning is needed, indicated by the "ice full" button lighting up. After cleaning, it starts making ice again as usual.
I was about to toss my unit in the trash. But then I saw this video, followed along exactly, and now my machine works great again. Thanks for the video.
Great video and much appreciated. I have a Frigidaire and very similar. I was able to "fix" mine by only cutting the black and red wires going to the black eye. Then pigtailed them together at the circuit board plug. I didn't have to do anything to the reflector eye.
Thanks for your help i purchased this ice maker for my daughter last year and it stopped working in like two months they told me to reset it and it started working on and off so i purchased another one for her and because of yiu i now jave a ice maked for myself,this trick worked perfectly and it to 10 minutes!!
Worked a treat, I didn't use any wire
This was perfect! Thanks for the quick fix. The left sensor wires on mine were long enough to reach the right side. No extra wire required! Working great again.
Worked perfectly by-passed the sensor, like you mentioned and started making ice immediately, Thanks for your help!!!!!
Omg you telling me about the laser light possibly needing cleaning got me to try doing that first, and it worked! I know it wasn't the fix you were showing off, but still, thank you sm!
Thanks for posting this. I was having this error. I saw the sensors and thought that it was the issue. I took a damp paper towel and buffed both of them. That worked. Makes me curious as to whether or not the sensors get oxidized over time and just need to be buffed.
Was about to trash mine but just fixed mine with this! Thanks dude!
Great video. Easy to understand. Fixed mine today. Thank you for making this video!