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Ice machine harvest sensor wire
Howdy.
I had a Scotsman ice machine that was erroring out on error code 8 which is thin ice.
I then pulled the curtain off and saw the wire that should be on the harvest sensor just hanging down and in the stream of water, so I figured that’s where the problem was.
I thought just stripping the wire and re-crimping it would be good and it did work but I was wondering what kind of wire it was? It seemed like ignition cable used in Vulcan convection ovens, not just a single wire or stranded, kind of odd.
Anybody know?
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I suspect your working on perhaps a CME. Regardless, It sounds like the ice bridge sensor wire is what your referring to. Yes it is a single wire that senses currant flow through the water to the grounded evaporator. Yes, micro amps like a flame sensor. They will false sense if not cleaned, rinsed, and dried.
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Hey Fixbear,
I’m aware of what the sensor does, this is what it looks like.
https://www.partstown.com/scotsman/sca39031-021
The wire for it is what I’m asking about, it’s not a regular wire, seems like it’s similar wire like what’s used on spark control ignition type systems, kind of like a fiber wire, not just copper.
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I know that the insulation has to be really good and not be able to adsorb any moisture, But if it’s not copper, it may be a resistance wire. I’ve never cut one or had one break. Probably a Teflon and woven glass and graphite if a resistance wire. I know that the sensing is very delicate.
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It’s just like ignition cable, seems like some sort of fabric or nylon and it seems like there is 1 thread of copper running through it, but it’s not like a normal wire.
I cut it, stripped it and crimped a new connector on it and it read just fine and it’s working fine now, I was just wondering what kind of wire it was.
Have you ever stripped ignition wire before? that’s the only thing I can compare it to.
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