Sub-Zero Repair Redmond · WA (425) 905-2822

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The Wrench Icon on a BI: Lit, Flashing or Chiming

The wrench on a Sub-Zero BI display is its service icon. Lit steady, it may only want the condenser cleaned: switch off at POWER, check behind the grille, switch back on. Flashing, or flashing with a chime, Sub-Zero sends straight to service. For those, call Sub-Zero Repair Redmond on (425) 905-2822.

WRENCH at a glance — Sub-Zero Repair Redmond, (425) 905-2822
Means The control has detected a temperature or ice maker problem, or wants the condenser cleaned. Steady or flashing decides the next step.
Check first
  • Steady wrench: POWER off at the control panel, then gloves on for the condenser.
  • The grille pulled out at its bottom edge and swung upward to reach the coil.
  • POWER back on, then whether the wrench is still lit.
Needs a technician
  • A wrench that stays lit after the condenser has been checked.
  • A flashing wrench, with or without the chime.
  • Temperatures, fans and the ice maker traced to what the control flagged.

Three states

Sub-Zero’s BI guide separates them:

  • Lit steady. Turn the unit off at POWER, confirm the condenser area is clean, turn it back on. If the icon stays lit, it needs attention.
  • Flashing. A service call.
  • Flashing with a chime. Also a service call.

A BI gives owners no code number to read. The icon is the whole message, which is why the rest of the panel helps on the phone: the temperatures showing, and whether ice is still being made.

Icons that are not the wrench

The BI display carries several symbols, and they get mixed up:

  • Water-filter icon: lights when the filter is due.
  • Air-purification icon: flashes when the cartridge is due.
  • Bell: the door alarm is switched on. It is not a warning.
  • Ice, max ice and accent-light icons: those features are on.

The grille

The BI condenser sits behind a flip-up grille: pull the bottom edge out and rotate it upward. For this icon, that is as far into the unit as an owner goes.

Dusty condenser coil and fan guard exposed under a stainless unit, a vacuum nozzle and soft brush at the coil, louvred grille below

WRENCH on your display?

Sub-Zero Repair Redmond · $89 service call, deducted once the repair goes ahead · on site 0800 to 2000 hrs, all seven days

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Next step

Series, readout,
then a price

Give us the model off the tag and whatever the display is showing. When the fix is a clean condenser or a reset you can do yourself, you will hear that on the phone. When it needs a technician, the visit is $89 and it comes off the repair bill; the price for the work is in writing before anything is opened.

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