Cedar Lakes · Priority attendance
Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes in Cedar Lakes
Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes in Cedar Lakes, 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 Lakes, 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 Lakes
Plant
Machine types affected in Cedar Lakes
- Cube Ice Machines Cedar Lakes
- Flake Ice Machines Cedar Lakes
- Nugget Ice Machines Cedar Lakes
- Tube Ice Machines Cedar Lakes
- Block Ice Machines Cedar Lakes
- Gourmet & Ball Ice Machines Cedar Lakes
- Undercounter Ice Machines Cedar Lakes
- Modular Ice Machines & Bins Cedar Lakes
- Water-Cooled Ice Machines Cedar Lakes
- Remote Condenser Ice Machines Cedar Lakes
Fault library
Other faults in Cedar Lakes
- Ice Machine Not Making Ice Cedar Lakes
- Ice Machine Not Harvesting Cedar Lakes
- Ice Machine Low Output Cedar Lakes
- Ice Machine Leaking Water Cedar Lakes
- Noisy Ice Machine Cedar Lakes
- Ice Machine Freezing Up Cedar Lakes
- Ice Machine Tripping the Breaker Cedar Lakes
- Ice With Off Taste or Smell Cedar Lakes
- Ice Machine Overflowing Cedar Lakes
- Small or Partial Cubes Cedar Lakes
- Long Freeze Cycles Cedar Lakes
- Ice Machine Compressor Failure Cedar Lakes
- Ice Machine Refrigerant Leak Cedar Lakes
- Flake Machine Auger or Gearbox Failure Cedar Lakes
- Ice Melting in the Bin Cedar Lakes
Coverage
Nearby areas
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Cedar Creek
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Cedar Hills
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Broadacres
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Broadacres Estate
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Broadacres Ext
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Chartwell
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Chartwell Country Estate
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Chartwell North
- 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
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 Lakes?
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 flake ice machines?
Flake plant fails mechanically more often than refrigeration-wise: water seals, bearings and gearboxes are the parts that decide machine life. On flake ice machines in Cedar Lakes we see this fault regularly, usually alongside overdue descaling.
Which service will fix it?
Ice Machine Descaling normally resolves it. Two to four hours per machine.
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 Lakes
Cedar Lakes falls inside our core northern-suburb route, so response is normally same-day for loss-of-hot-water call-outs.