Craigavon · Priority attendance
Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes in Craigavon
Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes in Craigavon, 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
- Craigavon, 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 Craigavon
Plant
Machine types affected in Craigavon
- Cube Ice Machines Craigavon
- Flake Ice Machines Craigavon
- Nugget Ice Machines Craigavon
- Tube Ice Machines Craigavon
- Block Ice Machines Craigavon
- Gourmet & Ball Ice Machines Craigavon
- Undercounter Ice Machines Craigavon
- Modular Ice Machines & Bins Craigavon
- Water-Cooled Ice Machines Craigavon
- Remote Condenser Ice Machines Craigavon
Fault library
Other faults in Craigavon
- Ice Machine Not Making Ice Craigavon
- Ice Machine Not Harvesting Craigavon
- Ice Machine Low Output Craigavon
- Ice Machine Leaking Water Craigavon
- Noisy Ice Machine Craigavon
- Ice Machine Freezing Up Craigavon
- Ice Machine Tripping the Breaker Craigavon
- Ice With Off Taste or Smell Craigavon
- Ice Machine Overflowing Craigavon
- Small or Partial Cubes Craigavon
- Long Freeze Cycles Craigavon
- Ice Machine Compressor Failure Craigavon
- Ice Machine Refrigerant Leak Craigavon
- Flake Machine Auger or Gearbox Failure Craigavon
- Ice Melting in the Bin Craigavon
Coverage
Nearby areas
- 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
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Dainfern Golf Estate
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Dainfern Ridge
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Dainfern Valley Estate
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Fourways Gardens
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Fourways Gardens Estate
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Lone Hill
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Lone Hill East
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Lone Hill Ext
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 Craigavon?
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 block ice machines?
Block plant is the slowest ice to make and the slowest to melt, which is why it survives in transport and fishing duty. On block ice machines in Craigavon 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 Craigavon
Craigavon falls inside our core northern-suburb route, so response is normally same-day for loss-of-hot-water call-outs.