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Posted by willshak on August 6, 2007, 10:19 am
on 8/6/2007 9:43 AM Stacia said the following:
> The fridge that came with our house has an ice maker that keeps
> breaking. I was wondering if you guys had any thoughts.
> It's a GE Hotpoint side-by-side unit, just 3 years old, with a water
> filter inside the fridge and an ice and water dispenser on the freezer
> door. The water has never come out of the dispenser very fast (we've had
> the fridge a year and a half, I have no idea how it worked before we
> bought the house).
> First the ice maker stopped making ice. A repairman came out, defrosted
> the upper part of the auger mechanism, and it worked for a day. On the
> second day the freezer started making horrible screeching noises which
> turned out to be ice forming in the motor. The repairman refused to come
> out, saying we should just defrost the motor ourselves because it was
> cheaper than paying him to do it. We did and the unit worked for a couple
> weeks when it stopped again. We defrosted the lower part of the auger
> which is attached to the ice cube tray and everything seemed to work fine
> until we realized water was leaking out from under the bottom of the
> fridge.
> Again, the repairman wouldn't come out. He said it was "just" ice
> forming in various parts and this was normal because "it's in the freezer,
> you know". We defrosted the plastic line that goes from the filter to the
> ice making unit and re-attached it, but the fridge still leaked water. It
> stops leaking when we turn off the ice machine so the leak is definitely
> related to the ice maker.
> So that's where we're at. We haven't had a chance to have a different
> repairman out and won't for a couple weeks. I'm tired of putting
> store-bought ice in the tray ;) Any thoughts?
>
> Stacia
>
>
What is the temperature set at in your freezer? I had the same problem
with my fridge/freezer and Sears sent out a repairman (under extended
warranty). He defrosted the water line to the ice maker and told us to
raise the freezer temperature a degree or so and try it. He said if it
still freezes up, defrost the line with a hair blower and raise the temp
another degree or so until it no longer freezes. Be also advised that
if the ice is not used for a long time after the bin fills and the ice
maker shuts off, the water in the line may freeze due to its just
sitting in the cold line.
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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