Melville · Priority attendance
Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes in Melville
Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes in Melville, 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 installed base here runs from single undercounter bar machines through to modular hotel plant and flake counters, so the first job is establishing exactly what is installed and how hard it is worked. Filtration sized on measured hardness and throughput is the cheapest protection available for an ice machine's water circuit and pump.
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
- Melville, 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 Melville
Plant
Machine types affected in Melville
- Cube Ice Machines Melville
- Flake Ice Machines Melville
- Nugget Ice Machines Melville
- Tube Ice Machines Melville
- Block Ice Machines Melville
- Gourmet & Ball Ice Machines Melville
- Undercounter Ice Machines Melville
- Modular Ice Machines & Bins Melville
- Water-Cooled Ice Machines Melville
- Remote Condenser Ice Machines Melville
Fault library
Other faults in Melville
- Ice Machine Not Making Ice Melville
- Ice Machine Not Harvesting Melville
- Ice Machine Low Output Melville
- Ice Machine Leaking Water Melville
- Noisy Ice Machine Melville
- Ice Machine Freezing Up Melville
- Ice Machine Tripping the Breaker Melville
- Ice With Off Taste or Smell Melville
- Ice Machine Overflowing Melville
- Small or Partial Cubes Melville
- Long Freeze Cycles Melville
- Ice Machine Compressor Failure Melville
- Ice Machine Refrigerant Leak Melville
- Flake Machine Auger or Gearbox Failure Melville
- Ice Melting in the Bin Melville
Coverage
Nearby areas
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Radiokop Ext
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes North Riding
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Northwold
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Northwold Ext
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Kya Sand
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Johannesburg
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Sandton
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Randburg
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Rosebank
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Fourways
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Bryanston
- Cloudy or Hollow Ice Cubes Morningside
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 Melville?
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 tube ice machines?
Tube plant is production equipment: downtime is measured in lost tonnes, so planned maintenance is far cheaper than breakdown attendance. On tube ice machines in Melville 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 Melville
Older plumbing often needs valve and pressure control correction.