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Re: Amana refg Model SSD22NBW - N/A cold water dispensor problem

Jerry

2007-08-31, 8:25 pm

On Aug 31, 3:07 pm, jJim McLaughlin <jimm.claugh...@comcast.com>
wrote:
> Side by Side Amana Model No.: SSD22NBW - N/A
>
> 22 cu ft. refrigerator / freezer with ice / cold water dispenser
>
> Installed in 1999.
>
> In line filters changed religiously every January 1 and July 4,
> so I don't there are any major clogs.
>
> For last three years, water dispenser stops working intermittently.
> Some times its off
> for two days, no water coming out when the lever is pushed in, then
> comes back on
> for no readily apparent reason. Water dispenser then works fine for 6 -
> 8 weeks,
> and goes out again.
>
> This time its been out almost 3 weeks.
>
> Again, the ice maker works fine, lots of clear clean ice, so the frig
> itself and at least
> half the interior plumbing is gettng water just fine.
>
> I have the install documents and the operating manual. No clues and no
> diagrams
> in either of those.
>
> Anybody here got any ideas for first, finding a water line diagram for
> this unit
> and second, fixing it?

That sounds like more of an electrical problem than a plumbing
problem. When it's in ice mode and the lever is pushed, does the ice
always dispense reliably? If so, the lever switch is probably OK. The
next thing to suspect would be the valve that dispenses the water in
the door - might have a loose, intermittent connection there, or the
valve could be failing. Don't know how you would check that without
getting into the door. Never had mine open, so can't help you there.

The other possibility that occurs to me, usually the water for the
dispenser runs through a holding tank in the refrigerator section,
keeps the water cold. If the fridge section is too cold near the
holding tank, it might be possible that the dispenser water is frozen.
Check your fridge temperature setting.

Now if you had asked about changing a POS icemaker in my previous
fridge, the POS Amana 26 CF side-by-side, now deceased, no problem. I
was on my 4th icemaker when that fridge died after only 9 years.

Jerry

jJim McLaughlin

2007-08-31, 8:25 pm

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Jerry wrote:
> On Aug 31, 3:07 pm, jJim McLaughlin <jimm.claugh...@comcast.com>
> wrote:
> SNIP HAPPENS
>
> That sounds like more of an electrical problem than a plumbing
> problem. When it's in ice mode and the lever is pushed, does the ice
> always dispense reliably? If so, the lever switch is probably OK.

Two different levers. One for ice, has a selector fo cubes r crushed,
always works fine.

DSecond lever, about 3 - 4 inches to right of ice lever, for water only.

The
> next thing to suspect would be the valve that dispenses the water in
> the door - might have a loose, intermittent connection there, or the
> valve could be failing. Don't know how you would check that without
> getting into the door. Never had mine open, so can't help you there.
>
Yeah. Iv'e never opened up the guts of the door, either, and don't
really see a
readilt accessible way to do that.

> The other possibility that occurs to me, usually the water for the
> dispenser runs through a holding tank in the refrigerator section,
> keeps the water cold. If the fridge section is too cold near the
> holding tank, it might be possible that the dispenser water is frozen.
> Check your fridge temperature setting.
>
I'll look at that.

Thanks for the hint.

> Now if you had asked about changing a POS icemaker in my previous
> fridge, the POS Amana 26 CF side-by-side, now deceased, no problem. I
> was on my 4th icemaker when that fridge died after only 9 years.
>
> Jerry
>

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