My ice maker quit working about a month ago. i swapped the wires in the inlet valve and water came out of the water dispenser just fine. i dont know what to do??? then a few days ago the water dipenser quite working also can anybody serve me some help?
Marino7213 said:
My ice maker quit working about a month ago. i swapped the wires in the inlet valve and water came out of the water dispenser just fine. i dont know what to do??? then a few days ago the water dipenser quite working also can anybody serve me some help?
Now are the wires in the proper places?
The ice maker is not getting water?
The water dispenser does not dispense water?
Do you hear any noise when you try the water?
I you manually fill the ice mold, will it dump the ice after it freezes?
Can you hear the water valve when it’s supposed to refill after dumping the ice?
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Now are the wires in the proper places?
The ice maker is not getting water?
The water dispenser does not dispense water?
Do you hear any noise when you try the water?
I you manually fill the ice mold, will it dump the ice after it freezes?
Can you hear the water valve when it’s supposed to refill after dumping the ice?
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the ice maker isnt getting water correct that went out first and the wires are in the correct spots to. the water dispensor quite aboute a month after the ice maker the only noise i can hear is sometime there is a little bit of water dripping into to pan underneath the fridge. when you try the water i cant hear anything. i manually pour some water in the ce maker last night and it froze and dumped the ice. i didnt stay awake long enough to check when it dumped if i heard anything. if it helps i took the wires off of the valve and put my meter on it and i am getting 10 volts on one side and to the other half of the valve i have 12 volts all the time and when you push the water dispensor it doesnt drop the voltage or do anything
Check the water inlet valve here. http://www.acmehowto.com/howto/appliance/refrigerator/check/inletvalve.php
Yes I would replace the inlet valve and see if that affected the ice maker before any other action.
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i have got one ordered i will let ya know what happens thanks a million dude
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ok i got the new valve in and got it installed last night. the ice maker is working great. my only problem is the water dispensor still is not working the new valve does nothing when you hit the lever. any ideas?
Do you hear the new valve working when you try the water dispenser?
If you don’t it could be the dispenser switch.
Your water line could be frozen in the door. You can disconnect the line under the unit before it goes into the door at the bottom hinge. Push the dispenser button and see if it comes out there. If it does leave the door open till it thaws.
Remove the dispenser cover by gently prying going round and round a little at a time to prevent from breaking it. When it’s off the screws will be exposed to access the other components
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i dont hear the valve opening when the button is pushed in how do i get to the despensor switch to replace it? i have had trouble before with the switch not wanting to work all the time. sometimes you would have to push it in two or three times before it would finally work
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so i took the panel off of the front of the freezer where the ice and water come out and the switch for the water despensor was out of place and the bracket was broke off. when you push the switch the water comes out great. thank you for all the help i will definatly keep this website in my favorites for future use and tell lots of people about it. again thank you
i recently had trouble with my ice maker not making ice, i contacted yall and yall walked me threw it step by step thanks again. but now every time it makes ice it trys to dump the ice and it gets the ice out of the trays but its gets stuck before they fall and to repeat the process, any advice on this on?