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refrigerator icemaker wf3h 08-26-2007
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Posted by wf3h on August 26, 2007, 3:29 pm
> >>>> have a 2 year old frig with door mounted ice/water dispenser. It's
> >>>> not making ice, and when I push the lever for ice/water, I can hear
> >>>> the freezer fan stop, and the light on the dispenser gets dim. IOW it
> >>>> seems something is lagging down the system.
> >>>> The corkscrew doesn't turn to dispense ice, but I get water from
> >>>> the
> >>>> water dispenser.
>
> Sounds like the corkscrew and maybe more is frozen up. It tries to turn,
> thus the dimmed lights. Thaw it out and find the real problem. Thaw the
> ice bin, perhaps it slides right out.

the corkscrew turns freely by hand so that doesn't look locked up.
wondering if theres a short somewhere or,perhaps, a fuse...




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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on August 26, 2007, 5:16 pm

>
> the corkscrew turns freely by hand so that doesn't look locked up.
> wondering if theres a short somewhere or,perhaps, a fuse...

Not a fuse. If a fuse blew, it would do nothing. Could be a bad motor that
drives the auger. That would dim lights as it is drawing current trying to
turn. If the auger turns feely by hand, it may even be broken and the other
end jammed. You have to take some things apart to see for sure.



Posted by wf3h on August 26, 2007, 7:07 pm
>
> > the corkscrew turns freely by hand so that doesn't look locked up.
> > wondering if theres a short somewhere or,perhaps, a fuse...
>
> Not a fuse. If a fuse blew, it would do nothing. Could be a bad motor that
> drives the auger. That would dim lights as it is drawing current trying to
> turn. If the auger turns feely by hand, it may even be broken and the other
> end jammed. You have to take some things apart to see for sure.

had a feeling this might be the case...amazing how quickly equipment
breaks down nowadays...


Posted by wf3h on August 26, 2007, 3:27 pm
On Aug 26, 11:02 am, trad...@optonline.net wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > on 8/26/2007 6:31 AM wf3h said the following:
>
> > > OK here's the situation:
>
> > > have a 2 year old frig with door mounted ice/water dispenser. It's
> > > not making ice, and when I push the lever for ice/water, I can hear
> > > the freezer fan stop, and the light on the dispenser gets dim. IOW it
> > > seems something is lagging down the system.
>
> > > The corkscrew doesn't turn to dispense ice, but I get water from the
> > > water dispenser.
>
> > > Any ideas? Thanks much
>
> > Grab your wife's hair dryer and warm the back of the icemaker where the
> > water comes in.
>
> > --
>
> > Bill
> > In Hamptonburgh, NY
> > To email, remove the double zeroes after @
>
> Usually the mechanics for making the ice and delivering the ice out
> the door are seperate. Are you saying that in addition to the light
> dimming when you press the ice button, the ice makes is also not
> making ice?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

it looks like i was mistaken...the ice maker is making ice and filling
up the ice box. but the dispenser is not working...sorry about the
confusion;


Posted by Mark on August 27, 2007, 10:34 pm
I assume you have emptied the tray and washed it out to ensure there are no
cubes jammed in the mechanism causing it not dispense ice. I had a case
where the auger had dispensed all the free ice, but the 'jam' of cubes
caused a 'tunnel' and the remaining cubes wouldn't drop into the screw.


> On Aug 26, 11:02 am, trad...@optonline.net wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > on 8/26/2007 6:31 AM wf3h said the following:
>>
>> > > OK here's the situation:
>>
>> > > have a 2 year old frig with door mounted ice/water dispenser. It's
>> > > not making ice, and when I push the lever for ice/water, I can hear
>> > > the freezer fan stop, and the light on the dispenser gets dim. IOW it
>> > > seems something is lagging down the system.
>>
>> > > The corkscrew doesn't turn to dispense ice, but I get water from the
>> > > water dispenser.
>>
>> > > Any ideas? Thanks much
>>
>> > Grab your wife's hair dryer and warm the back of the icemaker where the
>> > water comes in.
>>
>> > --
>>
>> > Bill
>> > In Hamptonburgh, NY
>> > To email, remove the double zeroes after @
>>
>> Usually the mechanics for making the ice and delivering the ice out
>> the door are seperate. Are you saying that in addition to the light
>> dimming when you press the ice button, the ice makes is also not
>> making ice?- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> it looks like i was mistaken...the ice maker is making ice and filling
> up the ice box. but the dispenser is not working...sorry about the
> confusion;
>


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