Kenmore refrigerator
showing i5 Lo or i5 Hi
i5 Lo or i5 Hi reports the ice maker's temperature sensor on the Trio bottom-freezer.
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- Sensor circuit
- Controls and sensors
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What i5 Lo or i5 Hi
actually means.
i5 Lo or i5 Hi reports the ice maker's temperature sensor on the Trio bottom-freezer. The sensor is built into the ice maker and is not sold separately, so once the wiring between ice maker and control board checks out, Sears calls for a new ice maker.
Kenmore refrigerator display · also shown as i5 Lo, i5 Hi
What to do when i5 Lo or i5 Hi shows on the refrigeratorKind of codeSensor circuit
A temperature sensor reading outside its range, or the wiring to it. The reading is confirmed with a meter before any part is ordered.
Usually leads toControls and sensors
A refrigerator cools to what it believes the temperature is, and a sensor reading wrong is obeyed perfectly.
Shows up asIce Maker Not Making Ice
When the freezer is cold, the question is whether water is arriving — not whether the appliance can freeze.
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SourceSears PartsDirect: Kenmore 111 bottom-freezer error codes (Wayback copy, Nov 2019)
Kenmore bottom-freezer Trio models whose number starts 111; i5 Lo and i5 Hi come from the control's diagnostic mode.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for i5 Lo or i5 Hi on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Check that the model label starts 111; the i5 reading applies to the bottom-freezer Trio models.
Use trays or bagged ice while the ice maker is out of action.
Book a visit so the wiring to the ice maker is ruled out before the ice maker is replaced.
What not to do
i5 is not a water supply code. The chart puts it on the ice maker's own sensor.
What you may
notice with it.
The refrigerator problems i5 Lo or i5 Hi tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.
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Where i5 Lo or i5 Hi usually leads
Controls and sensors.
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In Kenmore's own words
i5 Lo or i5 Hi Ice maker temperature sensor failure
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Kenmore bottom-freezer Trio models whose number starts 111; i5 Lo and i5 Hi come from the control's diagnostic mode.
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Still showing i5 Lo or i5 Hi?
Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.