Questions tagged [ice-maker]
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Ice maker stopped working for years, made a bucket of ice, and stopped again
I have a Whirlpool french door refrigerator (model WRX988SIBM) with the ice dispenser in the door of the refrigerator and it quit making ice over 4 years ago now. I didn't use a ton of ice and just got used to filling some trays. It's not the…
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What are recommended ways to connect fridge ice maker?
My new fridge has an ice maker, and I want to connect it to the cold water under the kitchen sink. This is how that pipe looks. Should I
Use a saddle tapping valve to punch a hole in the bottom pipe?
Insert some sort of splitter between the bottom…
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Why does my Whirlpool refrigerator ice maker not make ice exactly one day a week every week?
My Whirlpool Gold refrigerator's ice maker does not make ice one day a week. After that day it begins to make ice again as normal. I think I read in the manual about a setting for Jewish households that would halt ice making on the sabbath, but, I…
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Does the California plumbing code require a water line shutoff behind a refrigerator?
Appliance store says I need a shutoff valve behind the refrigerator. They want a valve box in the wall to attach their flexible water line. The plumber put in flexible copper tubing with the shutoff valve under the sink. Appliance store says…
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How do I connect a polyethylene water supply line to my refrigerator?
I have a Kenmore refrigerator (model 53552200), and want to connect a 1/4" polyethylene line for the incoming water. I'm guessing the connection is something similar to right portion of the following image, but want to make sure before I go to…
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Why do some free-standing ice makers need floor drains?
I am about to begin a bar installation project. I need an ice maker. There appear to be two kinds of free standing ice makers - those that do and do not require drains.
Why does one type need a drain?
Are there other differences between these two…
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Refrigerator is not making ice or serving water
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I replaced the water filter with a brand new one from Home Depot. When I went to dispense water, about 1/2 a cup came out. That's the first time any water has come out of the dispenser. Over the next hour, I tried dispensing more water. One…
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How do you repair or replace an ice maker in a Samsung RF23HCEDBBC Refrigerator?
I have a Samsung RF23HCEDBBC that I bought a little over a year ago. All of the sudden, it stopped making ice in the ice maker.
What is bizarre is that if I click the ice maker "reset" and wait a few minutes, ice will release every time into the…
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Why won't my ice maker eject ice?
I have a component-style ice maker, by which I mean it's not one of the modular kinds with holes for probe tests. It's similar to that style in that the water fills the mold, then the thermostat activates the mold heater once the water has frozen. A…
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How can I stop the icemaker on a GE fridge from overflowing water?
I have a French door stainless steel GE fridge made by Samsung. The water overflows or splashes out of the icemaker andd then freezes in the ice compartment under the bucket, making it impossible to get out without thawing it. This is an icemaker in…
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Connecting an Ice Maker hose directly to a tap
I'm struggling to find answers on here and from my searching, and my local DIY store didn't help much.
My home is a new build, and the kitchen has a tap directly where the fridge goes... This is said tap...
This tap is not used for a dishwasher or…
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Need help for ice maker line splitter to be used for coffee maker
We have a coffee maker that keeps needing to be refilled. I had an idea to split of the ice maker line (which is easy) to supply the coffee maker. The only issue is, is there any attachment that with a press of a knob or nozzle water can be…
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Ice maker to sump pump has water run back into it, any ideas for a fix?
My ice maker has a gravity drain that it says to connect to the sink drain. All works well except if I run the faucet for a while eventually water will back up into the ice maker. I believe the issue is that the drain connects to a pump that pumps…
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No water coming from water supply line to icemaker
I have a cold water shutoff valve going to icemaker. It is connected by vinyl tubing. That end had a a brass insert, sleeve, and nut on it. If I tighten it enough to stop water from dripping, I don't get any water coming from hose. What is causing…
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Connecting 1/2 copper to 1/8 pex?
Water line to fridge had a saddle valve, saddle valve started leaking so took it out and repaired pipe. Now trying to figure out how to reconnect fridge line. I have 1/2 inch copper under the sink and the pex line at the fridge says 1/8 on it. I…
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