GE 19 Use And Care Manual page 5

Automatic Icemaker & Ice Dispenser
How Automatic Icemaker
and Ice Dispenser Work
Your refrigerator has an automatic
icemaker and a dispenser that
dispenses ice cubes and crushed ice
through the freezer compartment
door. Here's how they work.
When the selector switch is set at
ICE CUBES...
Automatic Icemaker fills the
(1)
(2) ice storage bin.
Pressure on ice cradle activates
(3)
(4) motor-powered auger and feeds
cubes into glass through the
chute.
(5)
When the selector switch is
moved to CRUSHED ICE, a
baffle in the housing channels
cubes through the
(6) crusher and crushed ice falls
into the glass through the chute.
caught in a
Spills are
(7) recessed area.
Water is supplied automatically to
the icemaker by a solenoid valve.
A connection to the household
cold water system is all that's
needed.
*
cycle-approximately 1.7 kg in
freezer compartment temperattm%
room temperature, number of door
openings and other use conditions.
If ice flow interruption is
normal.
following instructions below and on
glasses. Backed-up ice can jam the
down into the chute, If ice is blocking
wooden spoon.
To help keep bits of im f'rmn
to ice chute—but
not so close that it blocks
crystal-they can crack or chip
hand pressing tlwm against the
filling glass with
beverage. This
will prevent spiashing, which is
annoying and which, if the splash
reaches the ice selector switch, could
Beverages tmd foods should not
in the storage bin may cause the ice
maker to malfirmtion.
bin-it may not
to the ice storage
(on models equipped)
so
Before Using Your
Icemaker and Dispenser
If your refrigerator is operated
before the water connection is
made, remove the ice storage bin
and make sure the icemaker feeler
arm is in the OFF (up) position.
To remove the ice storage bin,
the front of the bin and pull the bin
straight out while supporting it at
front and rear.
To replace the ice storage bin:
Slide it back on the ice bin shelf. If
the bin does not go all the way
back, remove it and rotate the
drive mechanism 1/4 turn.
Then push the bin back again.
lift
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