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Ice
Service
Nondispenser
Models
The freezer compartment of your refrigerator is equipped
To check the ice level or gain access to the ice bin, lift open
with ice cube trays and an ice storage bin. The bin is
the door on the ice bin.
designed to stack neatly on top of the stacked ice cube
To remove the bin, first turn off the ice maker. This is done
trays. To release the ice cubes from a tray, hold the tray
by opening the door on the ice bin and moving the ice maker
upside down over the bin and twist both ends.
wire lever up to the "off" position. Then reach under the bin
Your refrigerator is automatic ice maker ready. The number
front and pull down on the back edge. After it snaps free,
for the ice maker kit you need appears on the data plate (see
pull the bin straight forward. To replace the ice bin, align
page 1).
the bottom rails to the corresponding shelf grooves and
push it straight back until it stops and latches. Make sure
the tabs, at the back of the bin, that turn the spiral auger are
positioned between the prongs from the auger motor. Turn
the ice maker on by lowering the wire arm.
Beverages and foods should not be placed in the ice storage
bin for quick chilling. These items can block the wire lever
arm, causing the ice maker to malfunction.
Dispenser
Models
Automatic
Ice Maker
After your refrigerator has been connected to the water sup-
ply, move the wire lever arm into the down position. This
will start its operation. The ice maker will fill with water
when the freezer reaches the proper temperature. It may be
8 to 12hours before the ice maker furnishes any usable ice
cubes.
Discard all the cubes from the first two or three batches
made. These initial ice cubes may be irregularly shaped,
discolored, or contain impurities from the new water supply
piping.
For Your Safety
When the ice cubes are ejected it is normal for several cubes
Do not place fingers or hands on the automatic ice
to be joined together at the ends. They can easily be broken
making mechanism while the refrigerator is plugged
apart. The ice maker will continue to make ice until the sup-
in. This will help protect you from possible injury. It
ply of ice cubes raises the wire lever arm, shutting the ice
will also prevent interference with moving parts of the
maker off.
ejector
mechanism
and the heating
element
that
To manually stop the operation of the ice maker, move the
releases the cubes.
wire/ever arm into the up position.
Under certain rare circumstances, ice cubes may be
Certain sounds may accompany the various cycles of the ice
discolored, usually appearing with a green-bluish hue.
maker.
The cause of this unusual discoloration is apparently a
combination of factors such as certain characteristics of
• buzzing of the water valve
local waters, household plumbing and the accumula-
• running of the water as the tray fills
tion of copper salts in an inactive water supply line
• rattling of the ice cubes falling into an empty ice bin.
which feeds the ice maker.
If the ice is not used frequently, the ice cubes will become
cloudy, shrink, stick together and taste stale. Empty the ice
Continued consumption of such discolored ice cubes
storage bin periodically and wash it in lukewarm water. Be
may be injurious to health. If such discoloration is
sure to dry the bin before replacing it or the ice cubes will
observed, discard the ice cubes and contact your deal-
stick to the metal auger,
er from whom the refrigerator was purchased.
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