Ice Service; Twist Ice Cube Trays; Ice Maker - Maytag RTM1500DAE Use And Care Manual

ICE SERVICE
Twist Ice Cube Trays I
Your refrigerator comes equipped with t_xdst ice euhe
trays and a storage bin. To release frozen eubes hold the
trays upside down over the storage bin and twist Both
ends.
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• Certain sounds may accompany the various operating
cycles of the ice maker:
buzzing of the water valve
--running of the water as the tray fills
Automatic Ice Maker (optional)
--rattling of ice cubes falling into an empty
ice bin
If your refrigerator is equipped with an automatic ice
maker, there are some things to keep in mind about its • If the ice is not used frequentl G the ice cubes will
operation: become eloud}_ shrink, stick together and taste stale.
• After your refrigerator has been hooked up to the Empty the iee storage bin periodically and wash it in
water supply, move the wire lever arm into the down lukewarm water. Be sure to d_: the bin before
position. This will start its operation. The ice maker replacing it.
x_41]fill with water when the freezer reaehes the • To remove the iee bin, pull it forward, away from the
proper temperature. With a newly installed iee maker. Te avoid the lee maker (lumping the ice
refrigerator this eould take up to 24 hours, while the bin is removed, tunl the ice maker off by
• Diseard all the eubes from the first two or three lifting the x_4relever.
batehes made. These initial batehes of ice cubes may • To repIaee the iee bin, reverse the above procedure.
be irregular in shape and discolored. Turn the iee maker on by lowering the wire arm.
• When the ice eubes are ejected it is normal for • Beverage and tbods should not be placed in the iee
several cubes to be joined togetl(er at the ends. They storage bin for quick chilling. These items can bloek
can easily be broken apart. The ice maker will the wire lever arm, causing the ice maker to
eontinue to make ice until the supply of ice cubes malt\metion.
raises the wire lever arm, shutting the ice maker off.
• To manually stop the operation of the ice maker,
move the x_drelever arm into the up position.
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