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Ice maker Stacia 08-06-2007
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Posted by Zephyr on August 6, 2007, 12:07 pm
You need to besure the door gasket meets the fridge. If your door isn't
completely closed, or the gasket isn't completely sealed, you [will] have
ice troubles and defrost problems. [It's supposed to be frost free] but
can't if the air is constantly entering the refrigerator.

You [should] wipe the gasket and matching door surface. The doors need to
line up well.

Zyp

>
>>>What is the temperature set at in your freezer?
>
> We turned it up so it was warmer back when all this started. I don't
> know the exact temp but it's on the 3rd "notch". The dial goes from 1-9,
> with 1 being the warmest, so 3 is pretty warm. It used to be on 5.
> I forgot to mention that the freezer door apparently doesn't close
> properly sometimes, and it's done this since we moved in. Sometimes we
> open the freezer and all the food is wet and soggy even though the door
> was closed and the seal seems good. I have no idea if that's related or
> not.
>
>>Another thought is be sure that the vents that blow air in your freezer
>>are
>>not blocked by food items.
>>Give them a little room to breathe so that the air can circulate properly.
>
> I will definitely check that, thanks!
>
> Stacia
>



Posted by HeyBub on August 6, 2007, 1:00 pm
Zephyr wrote:
> You need to besure the door gasket meets the fridge. If your door
> isn't completely closed, or the gasket isn't completely sealed, you
> [will] have ice troubles and defrost problems. [It's supposed to be
> frost free] but can't if the air is constantly entering the
> refrigerator.

Right. And you can test for a good seal by closing the door on a piece of
paper. If the paper can be easily removed, the seal is shot.



Posted by HeyBub on August 6, 2007, 1:01 pm
Stacia wrote:
> 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).

If all else fails, you can get a replacement ice-maker for around $35 (check
eBay).

If your hand fits a screwdriver, the ice maker can be easily replaced.



Posted by on August 6, 2007, 5:25 pm
> Stacia wrote:
> > 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).
>
> If all else fails, you can get a replacement ice-maker for around $35 (check
> eBay).
>
> If your hand fits a screwdriver, the ice maker can be easily replaced.

Where is all this ice that's supposed to be jambing the works coming
from? There are only 2 sources. Either it's water leaking from the
ice maker supply or else it's ice forming in the freezer. Is there
ice accumulating in other parts of the freezer? That would suggest
that either there is a door seal problem or else the automatic
defroster isn't working. I'd check the freezer temp too. Water
should not freeze in the ice maker line, regardless of how long the
ice maker doesn't make ice. The line coming is in normally tilted
down a bit so that the water drains out of the line in the freezer
section when the water shuts off.


Posted by Stacia on August 7, 2007, 4:54 am
trader4@optonline.net writes:

>Where is all this ice that's supposed to be jambing the works coming
>from? There are only 2 sources. Either it's water leaking from the
>ice maker supply or else it's ice forming in the freezer. Is there
>ice accumulating in other parts of the freezer?

No, there's no ice accumulating anywhere else. There doesn't seem to be
ice in the line, either. There was a bit at the place where the line
connects to the filter, but we defrosted it, and the water still leaked
out the bottom.

Stacia


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