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Posted by dennis on June 5, 2007, 1:11 pm
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> >Kenmore Side-by-side Model# 2535808789A
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> >The short story: I removed the water inlet valve/solenoid and the
> >copper tube has good pressure, so saddle valve is OK. Flow through
> >water inlet valve (when reconeccted) is good. More turbulent than
> >flow directly from copper tube, but I assume this is because it is
> >going through a valve. Also, there is a dual valve/solenoid on the
> >lower left as you face the back of the fridge and I replaced it with a
> >new one already.
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> >The long story: Water flow on this fridge was fine until I replaced
> >the filter, then it slowed down. About this time I got into a bad
> >habit of leaving a glass wedged into dispenser to fill on it's own
> >(since it took so long to fill). Had a couple instances of forgetting
> >about the glass and having the dispenser overflow and run all over the
> >floor. After the first couple times I noticed that 1, The flow got
> >slower and 2, the ice cubes from the icemaker were hollow. After
> >another prolonged episode (could have been an hour or so!)of the
> >dispenser running it must have burned out one of the solenoids because
> >I stopped getting water all together. I checked the water inlet
> >solenoid for resistance, it was fine. There is a dual solenoid/valve
> >as discussed above with a yellow and green valve. The yellow one was
> >shot. I just replaced this and now I have water flow again, but it is
> >still very slow.
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> >Currently the fridge takes 45 seconds to dispense 8 oz. of water.
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> >My current understanding is that this type of problem is usually
> >either the saddle valve or the solenoid valves. Neither which seem to
> >be the problem here. I do not know if this fridge has an additional
> >pump that pumps water or not.
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> >Any thoughts or suggestions would be great.
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> There are a multitude of filter types. The more expensive they are (of
> the same size), generally the smaller the particles they entrap.
> The more particles they entrap, the slower the flow.
> My guess is that y'all purchased a filter which is' too good' for the
> body size for a good flow.
> Each filter type within the same size generally has a different
> colored ring on top, the color of the ring denotes the particle size
> it entraps.
> Either replace the filter with the same color ring as the original, or
> purchase another filter of lesser particle entrapment capability
> (probably cheaper, also).
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I purchased an exact replacement from Sears. (They sent out a card
saying the fridge was due for a new filter and it had the model number
for it already.) You think I should find a cheaper brand then? Any
suggestions for brands?
Thanks!
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