How much water is needed to fill the reservoir? How much ice will this make?
1506974
It will take just about 1 gallon of water to fill and will use it with 2 baskets of ice or so. I'd say it takes less than an hour for a basket. As far a production quantity I'm not sure. I will say it is faster and produces a lot more than a typical ice maker in a refrigerator.
841479
If I had to guess about a pound of ice. You have to keep in mind it makes 9 cubes at a time. It will take a bit to fill the bin and it will melt and the water is recaptured and re freezes it cannot store ice for a long period. It makes a batch of ice ever few minutes depending on the size of cubes you want. We find that we can make enough ice to fill an ice bucket and then we let the machine go at its regular capacity and have had ample ice for a small gathering of about 10 people.
1373639
it would depend on how much water you put in it. If you only partially filled the reservoir then it would not run for the full 8 hours.
1329266
That would depend on several factors: how many, and the size of the items to be placed in the ice, how deep you want the ice to be, how long you want to go before replenishing the ice as it melts. I think 7 to 10 pounds of ice should be plenty for most uses.
590215
It depends, if you empty the bin into baggies or another bin for freezing its around a gallon size bag, if you leave the ice in the bin and don't remove it the ice will build up until the light indicating the ice is full lights up and its probably a little more than a gallon baggie. I myself leave the ice in the bin and use it straight from the machine and what ever ice does not get used melts and is refrozen into more ice, this way I don't have to fill the water constantly.
714023
The water valve is controlled by the ice maker. Mine stuck on over night and caused a flood. There is about a 7 second "fill" as the ice maker cycles. You may want to check to see if it cycles, does it get all the ice out before filling again. If it iver fills it will spill into the feezer and make icecycles.
1490973
there should be dry ice in there. email the company. they have really good customer service
782498
You have to either fill it up, but I think it also has a connection like that of an ice maker for a fridge. We've had problems with the fridge automatic ice maker line always leaking, that is why we bought this and we fill it by hand. Several things to note, if you don't know them already; it does not keep the ice frozen after making it, you have to empty the bin when it is full. It takes awhile to start making the ice, but once it gets going it really puts out. We've had ours about 3 1/2 years and the automatic shutoff for when the water is empty and the ice bin is full has stopped working, but that hasn't been much of a problem, we just keep an eye on it, make a bunch of ice and put it in a large ice bin in our freezer. Hope this has helped. P.S. - When and if our's breaks, we will be buying a new one, it has definitely been worth it.
227677
Adding ice would be easily because the filling hole is big enough -- but I'm not certain how one would KEEP the water cold. :)
702996
The reservoir certainly won't cool down by itself. You'll need to install a chiller.
967460
I just work it around, prying out a little at a time & in short order it can be popped out. The warmth from my hands helping as I go. Also, try not filling it all the way to the top before freezing. The water will expand while it freezes. Full to about 80% to 85%. Hope that helps.
1826075
It is about 15" It wont keep a large water from freezing if you fill it. The bottom will not freeze but the top will making it impossable to open without thawing first. I only add a gallon at a time
485444
Using pump with no ASO. Pressure generally between 30 to 35 psi. Can now make ice with pump.
1140300
0.66 (or 20ml) using water to fill level with the top. I wouldn't recomend filling that far. When baking brownies/cakes I "fill" with 10ml. I can freeze about 15ml (1/2 OZ) of baby food or juice without making a huge mess.
1498892
Hold approximately one gallon of water , which makes alot of ice. The ice maker will indicate when more water is needed by displaying a red light. Than just pour in more water til the light goes out. Hope that was helpful. Enjoy your portable ice machine.
1748044
Not much.... I still have almost a 1/2 gallon left from About 8 hours of use from last Holloween... The key ingredient is the ice.....I highly recommend Dry Ice.... You get the best effect and it lasts a lot longer than regular ice.
132465
I can't give you an exact amount, but filling it to overflowing, then pouring a bit out seems to be pretty effective at keeping the water from expanding and pushing the two halves apart.