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Automatic Icemaker & Ice Dispemer
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
CUBEDICE. . .
Automatic Icemaker fills the
(1)
storage bin.
(2) ice
(4) motor-powered auger and feeds
cubes into glass through the
(5) chute.
When the selector switch is moved
a baffle in the
to CRUSHED ICE,
housing channels cubes through the
(6) crusher and crushed ice falls
into the glass through the chute.
are caught in a
(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.
Important Facti about
Your Dispemer
Your icemaker will produce an
average of eight cubes per cycle—
approximately 120 cubes in a 24-
hour period—depending on freezer
compartment temperature, room
temperature, number of door
openings and other use conditions.
Intermittent dispensing of ice is
If ice flow interruption is
normal.
more than brief, ice clumps may be
the cause and should be removed,
following instructions below and
on page 6.
Avoid overfilling glass with ice
and use of narrow or extra-tall
glasses. Backed-up ice can jam the
or cause the door in the chute
chute
to freeze shut. Periodically open the
freezer compartment door and look
down into the chute. If ice is blocking
wooden spoon.
.
To help keep bits of ice from
being sprayed beyond the glass,
place glass close to ice chute—
but not so close that it blocks
Ice
into thin glasses, fine china or
crystal-they can crack or
delicate
chip from the combined pressure of
your hand pressing them against the
cradle and ice dropping into them.
Ice should be dispensed before
filling glass with beverage.
will prevent splashing, which is
annoying and which, if the splash
reaches the ice selector switch,
Beverages and foods should not
be quick-chilled in the ice storage
Cans, bottles or food packages
bin.
in the storage bin may cause the ice
maker to malfunction.
Ice
other than that produced
by your icemaker should not be
added to the ice storage bin—it
may not crush or dispense well.
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Before Usi~ 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,
lift 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.
This
Then push the bin back again.
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