WHY IS THE HOSHIZAKI ICE MACHINE NOT WORKING?

So this is pretty common issue with the Hoshizaki Ice machines and majority of the time it is low water pressure that causes it.

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[rnreajr]

Keep a brass bristle brush on hand along with your nylon brush. Brass is softer than aluminum, so it won't scratch it up like stainless bristles will. Go from softest to hardest bristles when cleaning stuff (i.e. nylon first, then brass if nylon doesn't work, then stainless if the brass doesn't work).

[nolantaylor]

Hello Chris. I am not in the refrigeration business but am a machine developer. I enjoy watching your diagnosis process, smoke included, as it offers me insights alternative from my background in Electronics. I am amazed at your knowledge and proficiency on such a wide variety of equipment. Thank you very much for sharing your extensive knowledge. Wishing yo all the best for 2023.

[arishem]

and this is probably the cleanest machine ever, almost properly maintained. imagine people what you are drinking in the restaurants and hotels :)

[BridgeWater]

I'm new to the field of HVAC and still learning the ropes. I'm grateful for the opportunity to work with experienced technicians like you and appreciate any advice or guidance they can offer.

[miguelrojas]

Hi Cris I really appreciate all the hard work you put in the videos, I enjoy them and learn all the time one or another little thing thanks for sharing knowledge and blessings and happy holidays for you and your family 🙏🙏🙏.

[paulj]

The KM1600 and the KM2400 or probably some of the best machines at hoshizaki ever built!
Great job on this video!
Self-serving comment warning:
Watching you go through this made me feel like I trained you myself!
I'm a few years your senior, but cut my teeth on ice machines when I was just a young-un in the desert in Phoenix.
I was actually surprised to see that this customer was still using KM2400s.
Good job, Sir! 🙏
I think you would probably find it amusing if you had watched me watching your videos and telling you what to look for.
I said freeze up at the beginning of the video, and then I said you need to check that water line size. LOL. 😀

[daleborg]

I guess I was fortunate with the different fast food chains I did work for. My work was time and material and I only had one problem with one franchise owner. He had me do more work than what was originally discussed. He still did not like the bill and was not paying. I had a good relationship with corporate so I contacted them, within 4 or 5 days I had my money. Corporate operations never gave me any problem. I would start a conversation with corporate or franchisee as to what needed to be done and they would interrupt and say do whatever you think it needs. I was told more than once that I had Carte Blanche. Love your videos, keep up the good work.

[MrBassistfromhell]

Thanks for this, our sales persons sold a gas station with this exact ice machine on it. All the training we get comes from google. I appreciate it.

[jermayemoshee]

This one actually educated me a lot on this one, seeing as I’m going to do more commercial refrigeration.

[jeeper]

i'm actually surprised there wasn't a filter of some sort but then again, it is a buisness so they likely wouldn't want that as an added expense as it would be a consumable and they likely wouldn't want to spend the extra few bucks on a replacement filter, interesting to see how the bigger machines like this work from an operational standpoint, cool vid and educational while being entertaining, stay safe out there brother

[carloshilarionvazquezaranda]

Que tal buena noche, no se hablar inglés pero veo tus videos y son extremadamente importantes y muy buenos, sinceramente muchas gracias por compartirlos aprende uno mucho con tus grandes explicaciones, nuevamente muchas gracias. Saludos desde Coacalco Edo de México.

[thefred]

Great Video

Would love to see a full cleaning of an ice machine

[GeorgesDPrinters]

Good to get back to hvac videos, work/troubleshooting styles/inspiration and other reasons. Got a little bit lost in those YouTube shorts. They can pull you in for too long.

[firestorm]

great video as always!
Greetings From Germany

[kingofthecrease]

out of precaution i would have replaced the float switch being it had a date code of june 2015 on it....after 7 years it could be sticking sometimes but that rubber boot was full of sediment and was preventing the float from dropping all the way down to go into harvest. good job over all 👍

[MattTrevett]

I'm a sucker for any merch that includes big picture diagnoses on it..

[johnhummingbird]

I love watching your videos you give out exlent advice on how to fix things properly that all ways happens to me I get tunnel vision and can't see the big picture since I been watching your videos I'm taking my time so not to get tunnel vision and look at the big picture

[Terayonjf]

Great video. I was surprised how little black staining the clear hose for the top rails had.

[chrisconklin]

Forget the water line, that water filter is amazing

[chrisyuriar]

This particular Hoshizaki does not have a max harvest cycle because there is no way for the unit to tell that the ice has fallen like a " door switch" or something like that just done off time unusually 1 to 2 minutes but can be adjusted on a dial under electrical section or new ones are dip switches. This type is controlled strictly on water level the float once down far enough send unit into harvest. While in harvest the inlet valve opens to fill the reservoir back up same thing on start up after cleaning 1 minute fill/ harvest. I have seen sticky floats like in this case and or leaky or clogged inlet valves. Just my 2¢ worked on a lot of these thought this info may be handy.