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refrigerator icemaker
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| OK here's the situation:
have a 2 year old frig with door mounted ice/water dispenser. It's
not making ice, and when I push the lever for ice/water, I can hear
the freezer fan stop, and the light on the dispenser gets dim. IOW it
seems something is lagging down the system.
The corkscrew doesn't turn to dispense ice, but I get water from the
water dispenser.
Any ideas? Thanks much
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| willshak 2007-08-26, 9:25 am |
| on 8/26/2007 6:31 AM wf3h said the following:
> OK here's the situation:
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> have a 2 year old frig with door mounted ice/water dispenser. It's
> not making ice, and when I push the lever for ice/water, I can hear
> the freezer fan stop, and the light on the dispenser gets dim. IOW it
> seems something is lagging down the system.
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> The corkscrew doesn't turn to dispense ice, but I get water from the
> water dispenser.
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> Any ideas? Thanks much
Grab your wife's hair dryer and warm the back of the icemaker where the
water comes in.
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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @
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| trader4@optonline.net 2007-08-26, 1:25 pm |
| On Aug 26, 7:21 am, willshak <wills...@00hvc.rr.com> wrote:
> on 8/26/2007 6:31 AM wf3h said the following:
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> Grab your wife's hair dryer and warm the back of the icemaker where the
> water comes in.
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> Bill
> In Hamptonburgh, NY
> To email, remove the double zeroes after @
Usually the mechanics for making the ice and delivering the ice out
the door are seperate. Are you saying that in addition to the light
dimming when you press the ice button, the ice makes is also not
making ice?
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| willshak 2007-08-26, 1:25 pm |
| on 8/26/2007 12:02 PM trader4@optonline.net said the following:
> On Aug 26, 7:21 am, willshak <wills...@00hvc.rr.com> wrote:
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> Usually the mechanics for making the ice and delivering the ice out
> the door are seperate. Are you saying that in addition to the light
> dimming when you press the ice button, the ice makes is also not
> making ice?
I'm not the OP.
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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @
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| Edwin Pawlowski 2007-08-26, 1:25 pm |
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Sounds like the corkscrew and maybe more is frozen up. It tries to turn,
thus the dimmed lights. Thaw it out and find the real problem. Thaw the
ice bin, perhaps it slides right out.
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| wf3h <wf3h@vsswireless.net> wrote in
news:1188124288.532222.15670@d55g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:
> OK here's the situation:
>
> have a 2 year old frig with door mounted ice/water dispenser. It's
> not making ice, and when I push the lever for ice/water, I can hear
> the freezer fan stop, and the light on the dispenser gets dim. IOW it
> seems something is lagging down the system.
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> The corkscrew doesn't turn to dispense ice, but I get water from the
> water dispenser.
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> Any ideas? Thanks much
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Ice cube trays.
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| On Aug 26, 11:02 am, trad...@optonline.net wrote:
> On Aug 26, 7:21 am, willshak <wills...@00hvc.rr.com> wrote:
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> Usually the mechanics for making the ice and delivering the ice out
> the door are seperate. Are you saying that in addition to the light
> dimming when you press the ice button, the ice makes is also not
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it looks like i was mistaken...the ice maker is making ice and filling
up the ice box. but the dispenser is not working...sorry about the
confusion;
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| On Aug 26, 11:12 am, "Edwin Pawlowski" <e...@snet.net> wrote:
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> Sounds like the corkscrew and maybe more is frozen up. It tries to turn,
> thus the dimmed lights. Thaw it out and find the real problem. Thaw the
> ice bin, perhaps it slides right out.
the corkscrew turns freely by hand so that doesn't look locked up.
wondering if theres a short somewhere or,perhaps, a fuse...
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| Edwin Pawlowski 2007-08-26, 5:25 pm |
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"wf3h" <wf3h@vsswireless.net> wrote in message
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> the corkscrew turns freely by hand so that doesn't look locked up.
> wondering if theres a short somewhere or,perhaps, a fuse...
Not a fuse. If a fuse blew, it would do nothing. Could be a bad motor that
drives the auger. That would dim lights as it is drawing current trying to
turn. If the auger turns feely by hand, it may even be broken and the other
end jammed. You have to take some things apart to see for sure.
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| On Aug 26, 4:16 pm, "Edwin Pawlowski" <e...@snet.net> wrote:
> "wf3h" <w...@vsswireless.net> wrote in message
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> Not a fuse. If a fuse blew, it would do nothing. Could be a bad motor that
> drives the auger. That would dim lights as it is drawing current trying to
> turn. If the auger turns feely by hand, it may even be broken and the other
> end jammed. You have to take some things apart to see for sure.
had a feeling this might be the case...amazing how quickly equipment
breaks down nowadays...
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| I assume you have emptied the tray and washed it out to ensure there are no
cubes jammed in the mechanism causing it not dispense ice. I had a case
where the auger had dispensed all the free ice, but the 'jam' of cubes
caused a 'tunnel' and the remaining cubes wouldn't drop into the screw.
"wf3h" <wf3h@vsswireless.net> wrote in message
news:1188156427.810580.323120@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 26, 11:02 am, trad...@optonline.net wrote:
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> it looks like i was mistaken...the ice maker is making ice and filling
> up the ice box. but the dispenser is not working...sorry about the
> confusion;
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| Stormin Mormon \(on backup computer\) 2007-08-30, 9:25 am |
| Open the freezer, and take out the ice bin. Dump the entire bin into a dish
tray or other clean container. My guess is you have a bunch of ice clumped
together at the bottom of the dispenser. Melt this all out with hot water,
and let the dispenser dry (paper towels). Put the bin back in. OK to put
clean ice cubes back into the bin, but the snow and clumps of ice at the
bottom should be left in the sink to melt away.
--
Christopher A. Young
(Using backup computer. In a couple
days I will be back on my regular
email adress.)
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"wf3h" <wf3h@vsswireless.net> wrote in message
news:1188124288.532222.15670@d55g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
OK here's the situation:
have a 2 year old frig with door mounted ice/water dispenser. It's
not making ice, and when I push the lever for ice/water, I can hear
the freezer fan stop, and the light on the dispenser gets dim. IOW it
seems something is lagging down the system.
The corkscrew doesn't turn to dispense ice, but I get water from the
water dispenser.
Any ideas? Thanks much
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