Ice & Water Dispenser
Automatic Icemaker and
Ice & Water Dispenser
Your refrigerator has an automatic
icemaker and a dispenser that
dispenses water, ice cubes and
crushed ice through the freezer
compartment door. Here’s how
they work.
Water flows from the household
supply through a
(1) dual solenoid valve to the
(2) water reservoir and to the
(3) automatic icemaker as needed.
Water is frozen in the
(4) cube mold and ejected into the
(5) storage bin where a
powered auger moves cubes forward
into the dispensing unit. Cubed or
crushed ice, as selected, dispense
through chute in door when cradle
is pressed.
When the switch is moved to
CRUSHED, baffle in housing
channels cubes through the crusher
and crashed ice falls through chute
into glass.
Water from reservoir flows
through the
(6) tubing in the door and is
dispensed when the cradle is
pressed.
(7) A light switch turns the night
light in the dispenser on or off.
Important Fact
Your
Ice & Water Dispenser
●
Your icemaker will
120
cubes in a 24-hour
depending on freezer compartment
room temperature,
number of door openings and
use
conditions.
●
Intermittent dispensing of
is normal. If
flow interruption
is more than brief, ice clump(s)
may be the cause and should
removed by following instructions
in this section.
Avoid
glasses with ice
and using
extra-tall
glasses. This can jam the chute or
door in
chute to freeze
shut.
open the freezer
compartment door and look down
into the chute. If ice is blocking the
chute, poke it through with a
wooden spoon.
To help keep bits of ice from
sprayed beyond the glass,
place glass close to ice chute—but
so
that it blocks
ice.
●
Ice should not be dispensed into
thin glasses, fine china or delicate
crystal-they can crack or chip
from the combined pressure of your
hand pressing them against
cradle
ice dropping into the
container.
●
Ice should be dispensed before
glass with soda or other
beverage mixes. This will prevent
splashing which is annoying
which, if the splash reaches the ice
selector switch, could cause it to
stick or bind.
Beverages and foods should not
be quick-chilled in the ice storage
bin. Cans, bottles or food packages
in the storage bin may
icemaker to malfunction.
●
Ice other
that produced by
your icemaker should not be
added to the ice storage bin—it
may not crush or dispense
Before Using Your
Icemaker and Dispenser
If you use your refrigerator before
the water connection is made, raise
the ice access door and make sure
the icemaker feeler arm is in the
OFF (up) position as shown below.
Ice access
door
Icemaker
When water supply has been
connected to icemaker, move
feeler arm to ON (down) position.
in
Depress water dispenser cradle for
about two minutes to remove
trapped air from the water line and
to fill water reservoir automatically.
Ice cube mold automatically fills
with water after cooling to freezing
temperatures. First cubes normally
freeze after several hours.
NOTE: With a
refrigerator, allow about 24 hours for
the freezer compartment to cool down -
to the proper ice-making temperature.
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