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Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes in Cedar Hills
Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes in Cedar Hills, Johannesburg. Cubes are white, soft, hollow or misshapen.
Urgency for this fault is normally priority. Call-outs are run from the central Johannesburg base, which keeps attendance windows short for kitchens in the northern and central suburbs.
The ice plant here is mostly estate clubhouses, guest houses, small restaurants and private bars, so the work is weighted towards undercounter and small modular machines. Where a site is on borehole or stored water, hardness and sediment shorten descaling intervals sharply, which is why we take a hardness reading before setting a maintenance schedule.
We diagnose in order of likelihood rather than replacing parts speculatively: descale water circuit and inspect spray bars, then measure pump flow and current, then check purge cycle operation.
- Area
- Cedar Hills, Johannesburg
- Urgency
- Priority
- Call
- 069 268 0988
What we check first
Likely causes
- Scale in the sump, pump and spray bars
- Blocked spray bar holes reducing water distribution
- Water circuit not purging dissolved solids
- Weak water pump flow
- Hard or untreated water supply
How it is tested
Diagnostic sequence
- Descale water circuit and inspect spray bars
- Measure pump flow and current
- Check purge cycle operation
- Test water hardness
- Compare cube weight before and after descale
Repair route
Repair services in Cedar Hills
Plant
Machine types affected in Cedar Hills
- Cube Ice Machines Cedar Hills
- Flake Ice Machines Cedar Hills
- Nugget Ice Machines Cedar Hills
- Tube Ice Machines Cedar Hills
- Block Ice Machines Cedar Hills
- Gourmet & Ball Ice Machines Cedar Hills
- Undercounter Ice Machines Cedar Hills
- Modular Ice Machines & Bins Cedar Hills
- Water-Cooled Ice Machines Cedar Hills
- Remote Condenser Ice Machines Cedar Hills
Fault library
Other faults in Cedar Hills
- Ice Machine Not Making Ice Cedar Hills
- Ice Machine Not Harvesting Cedar Hills
- Ice Machine Low Output Cedar Hills
- Ice Machine Leaking Water Cedar Hills
- Noisy Ice Machine Cedar Hills
- Ice Machine Freezing Up Cedar Hills
- Ice Machine Tripping the Breaker Cedar Hills
- Ice With Off Taste or Smell Cedar Hills
- Ice Machine Overflowing Cedar Hills
- Small or Partial Cubes Cedar Hills
- Long Freeze Cycles Cedar Hills
- Ice Machine Compressor Failure Cedar Hills
- Ice Machine Refrigerant Leak Cedar Hills
- Flake Machine Auger or Gearbox Failure Cedar Hills
- Ice Melting in the Bin Cedar Hills
Coverage
Nearby areas
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Steyn City
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Kengies
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Norscot
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Norscot Slopes
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Douglasdale Ext
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Magaliessig
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Magaliessig Ext
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Paulshof
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Paulshof Ext
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Fourways
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Dainfern
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Dainfern Valley
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
What causes cloudy or hollow ice cubes?
The usual causes are scale in the sump, pump and spray bars, blocked spray bar holes reducing water distribution, water circuit not purging dissolved solids, weak water pump flow. Which one applies is settled on site by measurement, not guesswork.
How quickly can you attend in Cedar Hills?
Priority attendance applies to this fault. Call-outs are run from the central Johannesburg base, which keeps attendance windows short for kitchens in the northern and central suburbs. Call 069 268 0988 for the next available slot.
How is it diagnosed?
Descale water circuit and inspect spray bars; Measure pump flow and current; Check purge cycle operation; Test water hardness; Compare cube weight before and after descale.
Is this common on remote condenser ice machines?
Most remote-condenser failures trace to the pipework: leaks at roof joints, poor oil return on long risers, or insulation stripped by sun and weather. On remote condenser ice machines in Cedar Hills we see this fault regularly, usually alongside overdue descaling.
Which service will fix it?
Ice Machine Maintenance Contracts normally resolves it. Standard visits are two to four hours per machine on a fixed schedule.
Can we keep operating in the meantime?
Sometimes — where the fault is a water-side problem the machine can often be run on reduced output until parts arrive. Where a compressor or leak is involved we advise buying in bagged ice while the repair is completed.
Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes in Cedar Hills
Cedar Hills visits carry heat pump and geyser spares together, since both are commonly installed on the same property.