How to Maintain My Ice Machine Ventilation
If you plan on buying an air cooled ice machine (the most common type of ice machine on the market), you’ll need to give it plenty of space. An air cooled ice machine’s ventilation needs directly factor into how much ice that machine will produce. Why is Ice Machine Ventilation Important? As refrigerant makes its way through the ice machine, it absorbs and releases heat. Refrigerant is at its hottest as it leaves your ice machine’s compressor, where it’s in the state of a highly pressurized gas. As it moves its way through the ice machine condenser, condenser coils absorb the heat in the refrigerant. As the refrigerant cools, it converts to a liquid. Once the heat transfers to the condenser, the ice machine has to get rid of it, otherwise the ice machine will overheat. A fan inside the air cooled ice machine pushes heat out of the machine and into the surrounding environment through a vent. This process keeps the inside of your ice machine cool so it can more easily produce ...