Lifeplus DBJ-45 Ice Maker User Guide
- June 5, 2024
- Lifeplus
Table of Contents
- Lifeplus DBJ-45 Ice Maker
- INTRODUCTION
- GENERAL INFORMATION
- PRECAUTIONS FOR SAFE OPERATION
- PARTS& ACCESSORIES
- PRODUCT DIAGRAM
- PRECAUTIONS BEFORE INSTALLATION
- INSTALLATION LOCATION
- PRE-OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
- WATER CONNECTION
- OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
- TROUBLESHOOTING
- CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE
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Lifeplus DBJ-45 Ice Maker
INTRODUCTION
Please take a few minutes to read this manual carefully. Proper maintenance and operation of thisS machine can provide better service. Thank you for choosing our ice maker. This user manual will provide you with valuable information necessary for the proper care and maintenance of your new product. Please take a few moments to thoroughly read the instructions and familiarize yourself with ll the operational aspects of your new product.
GENERAL INFORMATION
- The production of this appliance uses advanced production technology and skilled processes, as well as the strict quality inspection, guarantees the excellent performance of the appliance
- The core component of the ice maker “compressor” we use well-known brand product, coupled with a reasonable configured refrigeration system, it makes refrigerant cooling more reliable and lower energy consumption.
- The metal spray shell is beautiful, corrosion-resistant and easy to clean.
- The automatic microcomputer control system can make the ice making and harvest process automatically. It has fault detection function, which makes it more convenient to use and maintain.
RECEIVING AND INSPECTION
Thank you for choosing our automatic ice maker, to protect your legitimate rights, please note the following when sign for the receiving:
- Whether the body of the appliance is in good condition;
- Whether the accessories are complete
During the transportation of the appliance, the refrigerant inside the compressor is possible not injected into the refrigeration pipe due to the dumps and handling. Once the power resource is connected, the compressor may be damaged in a short time. Therefore, after its receiving, it is strongly suggested the customers to allow the appliance correctly located and “stay for 24 hours”, to allow the refrigerant return to the compressor, and then to install and use it.
WARNING DIAGRAMS AND OPERATING SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
PRECAUTIONS FOR SAFE OPERATION
- AFTER RECEIVING THE PRODUCT, PLEASE BE SURE TO USE IT AFTER 24 HOURS, OTHERWISE IT WILL DAMAGE THE COMPRESSOR.
- Do not use the ice maker outdoor. It may cause leakage or electric shock after the ice maker is wet by rain.
- Do not disassemble, repair or modify the ice maker without permission. Fire hazard or personal injury may be caused by work errors without professors or professional guidance.
- Do not directly spray water on the ice maker, it may cause electric shock or short circuit.
- Do not locate the ice maker in a humid place or a place prone to splashing water, to avoid the damage to the insulating material, so to prevent leakage or electric shock.
- Do not earth the ice maker through a gas pipe, a water main, a telephone line, or a lightning rod.
- Do not insert metallic materials such as wires into the air vents, passage or exhaust vents of the ice maker, to avoid electric shock or personal injury due to accidental movement of active parts.
- Do not put volatile or flammable substances into the ice maker. Storage of such substances may cause explosion or fire hazard.
- Please remove the dust from the supply socket before plugging the power plug into it, to avoid fire hazard.
- Keep the ice maker free of obstructions and keep the ventilation open.
- Do not store combustion sprays, volatile or flammable substances in the ice maker.
- Storage of such substances may cause an explosion or fire hazard.
- Do not use the ice maker when handling toxic or hazardous materials or radioactive materials, as it may harm health and damage the environment.
- Disconnect from the main socket before cleaning, maintaining or servicing the appliance. To prevent electric shock or personal injury.
- Do not use other electrical appliances in the ice machine. This appliance contains flammable materials, and must be handled and recycled by qualified personnel and institutions when discarded.
- Do not damage the refrigeration circuit.
- Use a grounded outlet to prevent electric shock. If there is no, the grounded socket device must be assembled by a professional technician. The unit must be positioned so that the plug is accessible.
- Some models use flammable refrigerants and flammable foaming agents, so beware of fire (The product is marked “Warning fire”). When the appliance is abnormal, it must be repaired by professional personnel and institutions.
- Some models use flammable refrigerants and flammable foaming agents, so beware of fire (The product is marked VWarning fire”). When the appliance is abnormal, it must be repaired by professional personnel and institutions.
TECHNICAL PARAMETERS
SAFETY PRECAUTION
- The voltage of this appliance is: 120V/60Hz. If the voltage is unstable or with large fluctuation, please install a voltage regulator.
- Make sure the appliance is earthed, and ensure effective earthing, as well as the earth wire must not be connected to the water pipe or gas pipe.
- In order to protect the compressor, do not start the appliance again within 5 minutes after power off.
- Do not connect other appliances to the same socket.
- If the power cord is damaged, in order to avoid danger, it must be repaired or replaced by professionals.
- The electrical control system has a voltage of more than 36v. If maintenance is required during using. please have it handled by a professional technician.
- WARNING: Do not operate the ice maker when there is a gas leak in its environment.
- Fire hazard may occur due to sparks caused by unplugging or plugging or the start-stop controlled by the temperature controller, the air source should be cut off first, and allow air to circulate.
WARNING:
Do not operate the ice maker when there is a gas leak in its environment. Fire hazard may occur due to sparks caused by unplugging or plugging or the start- stop controlled by the temperature controller, the air source should be cut off first, and allow air to circulate.
PARTS& ACCESSORIES
PRODUCT DIAGRAM
CONTROL PANEL
- For reservation
- For increasing ice-making time or reservation time
- For decreasing ice-making time or reservation time
- Force ice-harvest
- For Automatic Cleaning
- Blue light
- For turning On or turning Off the appliance
- Indicates ice full
- Indicates water Absense
- Display lce making time/ Reservation time/ Temperature
PRECAUTIONS BEFORE INSTALLATION
CORRECT OPERATION
- When uing the appliance for the first time or using it continuously, please follow below rules!
- Use an independent water source for the ice maker, and check regularly to prevent low water, fluctuations, or blocked filters.
- Do not store anything in the refrigerator, and even worse to freeze or freeze any food in the refrigerator, to keep the ice shovel clean.
- When closing the plastic door of the refrigerator, open or close it gently, and do not hit the door, and please also close the sliding door after taking the ice out.
- The ice maker should be kept away from heat sources, strictly forbidden to use it in high or low-temperature environment. Away from direct sunlight to avoid affecting the heat dissipation of the appliance.
- Do not wash the ice maker surfaces with water directly, which may cause short circuit and leakage.
- If the ice maker is suspended for a long time after using it for a period of time, it should be powered on for 4-6 hours every two months.
ENVIRONMENT
This unit is designed according to the following conditions:
- Household Use.
- No more than 2000 meters above sea level.
- Temperature is not higher than 89.6 F, the maximum relative humidity is 80%, and the maximum relative temperature decreases linearly with the increase of temperature.
- The main transformer power supply voltage fluctuation does not ex ceed 10% of the rated voltage.
- Meet the equipment installation level (over voltage level) transient over voltage.
- Accordance with ICE664 standard.
- This appliance is used for similar purposes, such as:
- Staff kitchen areas in shops, offices and other working emvironments.
- Fam houses and by clients in hotels, motels and other residential type environment.
- Family hotel environment.
- Catering and similar non-retail applications.
INSTALLATION LOCATION
Transporting and moving conditions:
When transporting, keep the tank as upright as possible, and the inclination does not exceed 45 ‘maximum. Do not locate it upside down or horizontally. To operate the ice maker properly and get the best performance, please locate the ice maker as the following conditions.
- Level& flat floor: Put the ice maker on a level & flat floor, to avoid excessive vibration and noise.
- Keep away from heat resource: Avoid locating the ice maker near hot equipment, such as gas stoves or stoves. The ice making performance will decrease when the ice maker is heated.
- Avoid direct sunlight: If the ice maker is located in direct sunlight, it may cause abnormal performance and may shorten its working life.
- Dry area: Avoid locating the ice maker in a wet area, such as near a faucet or a sink.
WARNING
- Make sure to use a plug with a grounding structure and ground the ice maker, to prevent electric shock in the event of a leakage.
- Replacing the ground terminal with a water pipe will not provide effective ground protection in many situations, because plastic pipes are often used as water pipes.
- Do not ground the ice machine through a gas pipe, very dangerous.
- Do not ground the ice machine through a telephone line or lightning protection, because lightning strike will create generate large currents, very dangerous.
- Install a disconnect switch: If locate the ice maker in a wet area, a disconnect switch must be installed and the ice maker must be earthed. Install the disconnect switch in the power circuit.
- For further infomation, please consult the ice maker retailer or electrical technician
PRE-OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
BASE INSTALLATION:
- Place the ice machine in a firm and level position.
- Adjust the height of the feet to make the ice maker level.
- The ice maker is not suitable for outdoor use. The normal use environment temperature is 50 F- 89.6 F, and the water temperature is 41 F- 86 F. High temperature will seriously decrease the ice making performance.
- The ice maker should not be installed in an environment where there is no sewer and water is not allowed, and it should be away from high temperature equipment (such as refrigerators or ovens).
- Air-cooled ice makers rely on air circulation to dissipate heat. Therefore, it need at least 15cm of space between the front, back, left, and right of your ice maker and wall, good for heat dissipation.
WATER CONNECTION
- The ice maker must use room temperature filtered drinking water.
- The water pressure of the water supply must be controlled between 100kpa and 800kpa.
- A pressure relief valve is required for over pressure. Do not squeeze the water inlet hose.
- At the same time of feeding the tap water, the bucket water inlet valve must be closed.
- When using bucket water, please plug the inlet valve with a plug to prevent water leakage.
- Please note the “Water inlet port” and “Water draining port” signs at the interface.
- The ice maker’s drainage depends on gravity, so the drainage pipe must have sufficient slope and drop.
WARNING: PLEASE ONLY USE DRINKING WATER.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
ICE-MAKING:
- After all the water pipes are connected, plug on the main power supply plug
- Press On/off button to start the fan motor, then compressor will start to run about 3 minutes to pre-cooling. Then press ) orbutton to choose the time of ice making to choose the sise of ice. The adjusted ice making time will be reflected in the next round of ice making.
- After 3 minutes, the circulating water pump start to work, ice making begins. Dunn9 the ice making process, the water pump willast running, and the water will fow down from the top of the ice.
- When the ice cube reaches the reservaton time position, the program will switch to the ice-harvest process.
ICE-HARVEST:
During the ice-harvest process, the reversing valve is opened, the ice tray will be heated, and the connection between the ice cube and the ice tray ill be meted. When the ice The cube cannot be attached to the ice tray due to its own weight, it will fall down and one Ice-harvest is finished. When the ice falls, the flap is flipped, and then the flap is reset due to its Own weight, then the machine starts to make the next ice. However, due to to0 many ice Cubes are in the refrigerator, and they press against the flaps to make the flaps cannot be reset, the control chip will judge that the ice is full and temporarily stop and will restart until the flaps are reset.
FORCED ICE-HARVEST:
During the ice making process, press the ice-harvest button , the unit will enter the Ice-harvest program in advance, and will continue to run the next ice-making cycle after the ice-hanvest is finished.
OFF-TIMER AND ON-TIMER SETTING
After power-on, during the unit is in off-state, press the Timer button, the digital window will flash to display the setting delay time. Press the button to adjust the delay time of the timer, the system will enter the On-Timer mode automatically 5 seconds after seting. off-Timer: After power-on, during the ice making process, press the Timer button, the digital window will flash to display the seting delay time. Press the button to adjust the delay time of the timer, the system will enter the Off-Timer mode automatically 5 seconds after setting
CLEANING FUNCTION
After power-on, connect the water resource, press the cleaning button , the unit WIll enter the automatic cleaning program, and it will automatically stop after 10 minutes. After the cleaning program is finished, please remove the drain plug and drain the sewage.
ONE-BUTTON BLUE LIGHT
During ice making process, press the blue light button, it will light up
inside the box, which can make the ice making programs absolutely clear
NOTE:
- In summer and not environment, it is recommended to adjust the ice thickness range: 15 to 29 min.
- In winter and cold emvironment, It is recommended to adjust the Ice thickness range: 10 to 18 min.
ATTENTION:
The adjusted ice-making time will be reflected in the next round of ice
making.
TROUBLESHOOTING
DIGITAL WINDOW FAULT CODE
- E1: Ambient temperature (sensor) failure, shutdown.
- E2: If the on / off signal of the ice ful switch is not detected for 90 minutes, the unit stops running and reports a mechanical failure.
FAULT SELF-DIAGNOSIS
- Water pump-You can directly observe whether water flows down from the ice tray. If not, the water pump may malfunction.
- Ice making-After the ice-making last running for 10 minutes, the water in the water tank will become noticeably cold. You can directly touch the ice tray or running water to feel the water temperature.
- Water inlet-During the automatic cleaning process, it can be observed that water continuously flows into the ice storage bucket from the overflow pipe of the water tank.
- During the ice making process, you can reach into the water tank with your hand to feel the amount of water, which nomally accounts for more than half of the water tank.
IF HAVE STRANGE SMELL
If the ice has a strange taste.If the ice has a disgusting or mildewy odor in the machine, use the above steps to clean the inside of the machine.
SOUND DURING MACHINE OPERATION
The new ice maker may make unfamiliar sounds. Most sounds are normal.
For example:
- Efficient compressors emit beating or sharp sounds.
- Water splashes from the evaporator to the tank.
- At the end of each cycle, you can hear the gurgling of refrigerant flow.
- The sound of air compressed by the condenser fan over the condenser.
- In the final deicing cycle, you may hear ice falling into the box.
CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE
MAINTENANCE
- Please follow this manual to maintain the ice maker, in order to improve its reliability and service life. And while maintaining hygiene, avoid the increase of energy consumption coefficient for the ice production. Always clean the surroundings of the appliance to keep it clean. Do not block the shutters of it.
- The exterior can be cleaned with a neutral detergent solution, and then wiped clean With a soft cloth. If necessary, commercial stainless steel cleaners and polishing agents can be used.
- The filter element should be checked regularly. Most common fiter elements are replaced half a year, and advanced filter elements should be replaced on time in accordance with the instructions.
- It can use a water pipe to flush directly, when cleaning the inside of the ice maker’s water tank and refrigerator. Never over pressure, and never fiush the pump and above the ice tray directly, to prevent the circuit parts from being immersed.
- Maintenance of condenser for air-cooled ice maker: Clean the air-cooled condenser every three months. Use a soft brush or a vacuum cleaner with a brush to scrub the condenser fins up and down in the direction of the fins to avoid damaging the fins and affecting the cooling performance.
Overwintering maintenance:
In addition to turning off the power resource, drain the residual water in the ice makers water tank, inlet pipe and drain pipe.
ATTENTION:
- Cleaning and maintenance of the ice maker is not included in the free service. Please replace the filter regularly.
- Before cleaning and maintenance, please make sure to turn off the water and power and unplug.
- Check the water source, please turn off the water resource before unplugging the water inlet port of the ice maker, to prevent high-pressure water jets.
- On-site service charges will be charged when there is a failure due to user erors (such as no water, no electricity, environmental factors, etc.).
- If severe scale is inside the ice maker, or the waterway is blocked, which causes the abnormal performance, please clean it in time.
- The edges of the air-cooled condenser fins are sharp, so please be careful when cleaning
- Machine consumables are not covered by the warranty.
- Please use genuine consumables, such as filters, filter elements, ice shovels, water pipes, etc.
HOW TO STORAGE
If the ice maker is not used for a long time, cut off the power supply and remove the remaining water from the drainage outlet. Dry the interior with a clean soft cloth (refer to maintenance and cleaning) This sign E’ on the product or packaging indicates that the product cannot be treated as household waste. Should be delivered specific recycling points for electronic and electrical products. Proper handling of this product can help prevent environmental problems caused by improper handling of this product and harm to human health. If you need more details about recycling, please contact the office responsible for household waste disposal services or the manufacturer or purchase point that purchases our products.