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Fixing an ice making machine
🕑 Added 2024-10-18 06:03:28 +0000 UTCThese little countertop machines are a miracle of cost efficient design with good software.
They are usually very similar inside, and tend to have the same type of faults - mainly involving water ingress.
But they are often very easy to fix for those of a technical inclination.
Even if not economic to fix, they have a very handy compressor inside if it is still working.
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Big Clive
About 6 or 7 minutes per batch.
Choperooni
How long does the cycle take to make the ice cubes?
Paul Malloy
A solution I have found for the premature shrinking of the heat shrink tubing is to stuff several of the thin flat toothpicks into it. The heatshrink now cannot shrink when you solder close to it.
Andy Brown
Thanks, Clive. I now need to drill a drain hole in a fan casing! Got a £40 Aldi ice machine in 2021 to use to build a workshop coolant chiller but family wanted it to remain a virgin and stay in the kitchen. They were right, it's very handy. I did end up with a chiller, but it was based on a 500w water cooler (vs the 120w ice maker), and the 6 generic 120mm fans I tried to use to replace the 50w AC fan were not even close to moving enough air. Might be worth adding a note that not all fans are equal and to check the radiator temperature?
devttyUSB0
nice to see some repair or mod work again! <3
Robert Woodzell
These machines are a really cool idea. I have a GE opal in my bedroom. I use distilled water to help keep the calcium and other minerals from building up. I also got mine for free, it was in a dumpster still in the box.
lImbus924
this was such a nice wholesome video. good ending as well, so satisfying :)
RonNona
I would find a "live Patreon version" of one of these videos very soothing.
evilution
Milton is easy to get.
evilution
A normal cocktail is 10% alcohol which would freeze at -4c. Even a generous alcoholic mix at 50/50 is between 16% and 20% alcohol which would freeze at -8c. So you may have to get the temperature probe out and see what the ice maker can bring the water down to.
Big Clive
It has a cleaning cycle where you can put a suitable sanitiser in and it flushes it through the system.
Big Clive
Sadly the ethanol freezes at a much lower temperature. But I could try it.
evilution
Can you make whiskey and cola ice cubes or other cocktail cubes?
NN Thomas
What do you use to keep the ice receiver clean?
