How do I clean the ice thickness probe on my Manitowoc?

Follow the cleaning procedure in the manual, which covers removing and cleaning the probe with an approved solution. Turn the machine off first and handle the probe gently, since bending it changes the cube thickness. If cubes are still wrong afterward, the probe gap or the control may need checking.

Does well water around Lancaster ruin refrigerator ice makers?

It does not ruin them, but it wears the inlet valve and clogs the filter faster. Changing the refrigerator filter on time and filtering sediment at the well helps a lot. If the valve clogs anyway, replacing it is a common repair.

My Lancaster ice maker makes tiny cubes. Is the ice maker failing?

Usually the ice maker is fine and the water flow is low. Check the filter, the line behind the refrigerator and the shutoff valve first. If flow is good and the cubes stay small, we test the inlet valve.

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Manitowoc Ice Makers: What We Check First

A Manitowoc cube machine runs a cycle that depends on two small probes. The ice thickness probe sits near the evaporator face and signals the control when the ice slab has grown thick enough for water to bridge to it. The water level probe sits in the trough and tells the inlet valve when to stop filling. Between them, they decide how full the evaporator gets and when harvest starts. The water pump and distribution tube keep water flowing evenly over the nickel-plated evaporator.

Scaled ice thickness probe triggering harvest early, making thin cubes
Fouled water level probe causing short or overflowing trough fills
Clogged distribution tube leaving dry streaks on the evaporator
Recirculating condenser air lengthening freeze cycles in tight installations

The full explanation, including what you can safely check yourself and when repair beats replacement, is in our Manitowoc ice maker repair guide.

Water supply first

An ice maker can only make what the water line delivers. On wells outside Lancaster, sediment and iron clog the refrigerator's filter and the fine screen inside its inlet valve, so cubes come out small, hollow or not at all. Replacing the filter is the first step, and a whole-house sediment filter kept on schedule protects the valve over time.

In older homes in town, the line to the refrigerator may be thin tubing added long after the kitchen was built. Those lines kink when the refrigerator is moved and the valves feeding them can corrode partly closed. Pull the refrigerator out carefully, check the tubing for kinks and make sure the valve is fully open.

When the problem is in the refrigerator

If water reaches the refrigerator but the ice maker still does not cycle, the fill tube may be frozen or the ice maker module may have failed. Lancaster visits may be grouped into route days, so note the refrigerator's model number before you call. The technician tests the valve, fill tube and module, tells you whether the fault is plumbing or appliance, and quotes the repair before starting.