How to Set a Slush Puppie Machine Timer

What does a Slush Machine Timer do?

The timer in a Slush Puppie Machine is very similar to a timer used to turn lights on or off in your home. Its function is to turn the compressor off, Defrost Time, for a period of time during the day or night so the product in the machine can melt down to a liquid state. It is important for your slush product to melt down to a liquid state everyday to ensure product quality. If your product doesn’t return to liquid state each day the ice crystals will get larger and larger resulting in the formation of ice “Beebe’s”. Most slush machines need 8 hours of uninterrupted defrost time each day.

How to set a timer?

Setting a Slush Puppie Machine timer is very easy. The first step is to determine when you want the machine to go into “Defrost”, or off position. Most locations have this happen in the late evening and early morning hours. For example, 11pm to 7am. The timer looks very much like a clock with pins that depending on the position allow the compressor to turn on or not. The pins can be pointed toward the center, “in” of the timer or toward the outside, “out” of the timer.

How to remember: “In” has two letters = ON; “Out” has three letters = OFF

The timer in the picture above is set to come on at 7am and go off at 11pm. The white triangle located just above the “3” should be pointed toward the current time.Remember, only turn the timer in a clockwise direction. A timer that doesn’t spin smoothly is an indication that it needs to be replaced. At Allen's we offer replacement slush puppie timers, P.N. 41809474.