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Posted by EXT on July 30, 2006, 3:12 pm
> wrote:
>
>>We have a KitchenAid Superba fridge that we got last August. Has been
>>working well since then. It has an on-the-door ice maker. Yesterday, we
>>took the ice bin off the door to fill a cooler. The ice maker dumped one
>>more load of ice and hasn't made any more.
>>
>>I noticed it today when I went to get ice. I have removed and replaced
>>the ice bin, seems okay. I turned the ice maker off and on again via the
>> blue slider switch. I checked the water dispenser, and it works, so I
>>think the ice maker is getting water. Nothing is blocking the flap that
>>tells the ice maker that the freezer door is closed. The ice dispenser
>>door is not stuck open, and I can hear the spiral thang that stirs the
>>ice moving when I press the dispenser lever.
>>
>>It's a hot Sunday here in the Northeast, a bad day to have no ice. Any
>>ideas on what could be wrong?
>>
>>BC
>>overheated
>
> What shuts off the ice maker when the bin gets full? Look there for
> your problem/solution.
> And don't forget that it takes almost a week to fill your ice bin.
>
Probably the photo cell or microswitch that determines the bin is full, is
not activated because the bin is not seated in its mount correctly. It
thinks the bin is full and shut down the icemaker.
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