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Posted by PipeDown on June 26, 2006, 5:51 pm
> Folks, I drifted by my mom's house (she's 86) a few days ago and she
> had been busily sweeping water out the backdoor for about an hour.
>
> The icemaker line sprung a pinhole leak about 2 inches above the floor
> behind the refrigerator.
>
> It's a white plastic line 1/4" I guess and the leak in the line was
> above floor level where the line comes up from the house's crawlspace.
> So, it was filling up the kitchen pretty well.
>
> I turned off the main water supply valve at the street, crawled under
> the house and disconnected the icemaker compression fitting from the
> main water line and capped the tee on the main line with some teflon
> tape and a brass cap.
>
> For the timebeing, I molded some reynolds foil wrap around the end of
> the now disconnected icemaker line and then took a plastic baggie and
> put that over the foil and twisted tight with a twist-tie.
>
> I went back outside, turned on the main water supply and crawled back
> under the house. No leak from my capping job. I was done.
>
> Now, she doesn't even use ice, so I don't plan on reconnecting the
> icemaker. Anyway, replacing the line would be a nasty job because the
> crawlspace gets pretty tight as you go deeper under the house.
>
> I am wondering though if I need to do anything else. I turned off the
> icemaker inside the freezer (it has some sort of metal bar that you
> push up to turn off the icemaker...or a build up of ice in the tray has
> the same effect).
>
> Anything to be worried about?
>
No problem if your intention is to discontinue using the icemaker, you did
all you need to. A twist tie can ensire the bar does not accidently fall
but even if it does, the ice maker will go through its paces and without
water it will not actually make ice but no damage should occur.
If you wanted a bit more freezer space you may be able to remove the ice
maker alltogether. On some models you can just rip it right out and use the
freezer right away but on other models you may have to replace the ice maker
with a timer module if the timer was integrated into the ice maker. Easy,
job, usually just a screwdriver is needed. all connections are via plugs, no
bare wires.
If you want to do this, note the model number and call or visit your nearest
appliance parts store. They can tell you if you need a timer or not.
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