Hotpoint CSX27C Use And Care Manual page 11

Ice & Chilled Water Dispenser
Automatic Icemaker and
Ice & Water Dispenser
Your refrigerator has an automatic
icemaker and a dispenser that
dispenses chilled water and ice
cubes through the freezer
compartment door. Here's how
they work.
Water flows from the household
supply through a
(1) dual solenoid valve to the
(2) water reservoir and to the
(3) autonratic icemaker as needed.
Water is frozen in the
(4) cube mold and ejected into the
(5) storage bin where a motor-
powered auger moves cubes
tbrward into the dispensing unit.
When you touch the (;[BED pad
on from of freezer compartment
door, ice cubes will dispense through
chute in door when cradle is pressed.
When you touch the CR[ SHED
pad, baffle in housing channels
cubes through the crusher and
crushed ice falls tl_rough chute into
glass when cradle is pressed.
Chilled water front reservoir flows
through the
(6) tubing in the door and is
dispensed when the cradle is pressed.
(7) A light switch turns the night
light in the dispenser on or off
when the LIGHT pad is touched.
Important Facts about
Your Ice &Water Dispenser
,Your
icemaker will produce eight
cubes per cycle-approximately
120 cubes in a 24-hour period--
depending on fi'eezer compartment
telnperature, room telnperature,
number of door openings and other
use conditions.
• Intermittent dispensing of ice is
normal. If ice flow inten'uption is
more than brief, ice clump(s) may
be the cause and should be removed
following instructions below and
on page 13.
Q Avoid overfilling glasses with
ice and using narrow or extra-till
glasses. This can jam the chute or
cause the door in the chute to freeze
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,
place glass close to ice chute--
but not so close that it blocks
outcoming 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 hand pressing them against the
cradle and 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 and
which, if the splash reaches the ice
and water 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 t_)od packages
in the storage bin may cause the
icemaker to malfuuction.
• Ice other than that produced
by your icemaker should not be
added to the ice storage bin--it
may not crush or dispense well.
Before Using Your
Icemaker and Dispenser
If you use your re_gerator before
the water connection is made, raise
the ice access door and make sure
the icemaker feeler arm is in the
OFF (up) position as shown below.
Ice access
door
- Icemaker
When water supply has been
connected to icemaker, nrove feeler
arm to ON (down) position.
Depress water dispenser cradle t\_r
about two l_qinutcs
to remove
trapped air from water line and to
fill water reselwoir automatically.
Ice cube mold automatically fills
with water after cooling to freezing
telnperatures. First cubes nomlally
freeze after several hours.
NOTE: With a newly-installed
refrigerator, allow about 24 hours
for the freezer compartment to cool
down to the proper icemaking
temperature.
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