Ice & Water Dispenser
Automatic Icemaker and
Ice & Water Dispenser
Your refrigerator
automatic
icemaker
dispenser that
dispenses water,
cubes
crushed
through
freezer
compartment door. Here’s
they work.
Water flows from the household
supply
(1) dual solenoid valve the
(2) water reservoir
to the
(3) automatic
as needed.
Water is frozen in the
(4) cube mold
ejected into the
(5) storage bin where a
powered
cubes
forward into the
unit.
Cubed or crushed
selected,
dispense through chute in door
when
is pressed.
When the switch is moved to
CRUSHED,
in housing
channels
through the crusher
crushed
through chute
into glass.
Water from reservoir flows
through the
in the door
is
dispensed
the
is
pressed.
(7) A
switch turns the night
in
on or”
Facts about
Your Ice & Water
Dispenser
●
Your icemaker
produce eight
cubes per cycle—approximately
120 cubes in a 24-hour
depending on freezer compartment
temperature, room temperature,
number door openings and other
use conditions.
●
Intermittent dispensing of ice is
normal. ice
interruption is
more than brief, ice clump(s) may
be the cause
should be removed
following instructions below and on
page 9.
●
Avoid overfilling glasses with
ice and using narrow or
tall glasses. This can jam the chute
or cause the door in the chute to
shut. Periodically 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
being sprayed beyond the glass,
close to ice chute— but
not so close
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
pressing
them against the cradle
ice
dropping into the container.
●
Ice should be dispensed before
filling glass with soda or other
beverage mixes. This will prevent
splashing which is annoying
which, if the
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
cause the
to malfunction.
●
Ice other than that produced
by your icemaker should not be
added to the ice storage bin—it
not crush or dispense well.
Icemaker and Dispenser
If you use your refrigerator before
the
connection is made, raise
the ice access door and make sure
the icemaker feeler
is in the
OFF (up) position shown below.
Ice access
door
Icemaker
in
)
When water supply has been
connected to
move feeler
to ON (down) position.
in
Depress water dispenser
two minutes to remove
trapped
from the water
to fill water reservoir
automatically.
Ice cube mold automatically fills
with water
cool
to freezing
temperatures. First
normally
after
hours.
NOTE: With newly-installed
refrigerator,
24 hours
the freezer compartment to coo] down
to the proper ice-making
)
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