Ice & Chilled Water Dispenser - GE TFX24F Use And Care Manual

Ice & Chilled Water Dispenser
Automatic Icemaker and
Ice & Water Dispenser
Your refrigerator has an automatic
icemaker and a custom dispenser
that dispenses chilled water, ice
cubes and crushed ice 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) automatic 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
forward into the dispensing unit.
When you touch the CUBES pad on
front of freezer compartment door,
ice cubes will dispense through
chute indoor when cradle is pressed.
When you touch the CRUSHED
pad,
baffle in housing channels
cubes through the crusher and
crushed ice falls through chute into
glass when cradle is pressed.
Chilled water from 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
YourIce & WaterDispenser
Your icemaker will produce eight
cubes per
cycle—approximately
120cubes 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
normal.
If ice flow interruption is
more than brief, ice clump(s) may
be the cause and should be removed
following instructions below and
on page 13.
Avoid overfiig glasses with
ice and using narrow or extra-tall
glasses.
This can jam the chute or
cause the door in the chute to fkeeze
shut. Periodically open the fkeezer
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, fme 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
fiiling 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.
c Beverages and foods shouid not
be quick-chilled in the ice storage
bin.
Cans, bottles or food packages
in the storage bin may cause the
icemaker 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.
Before Using Your
Icemaker and Dispenser
If you use your refrigerator 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, move feeler
arm to ON (down) position.
1)
Depress water dispenser cradle
for about two minutes to remove
trapped air from the water line and
to fti water reservoir automatically.
Ice cube mold automatically fills
with water after cooling to freezing
temperatures. First cubes normally
freeze after several hours.
N~E:
With a newly-installed
refrigerator, allow about 24 hours
for the freezer compartment to cool
down to the proper ice-making
temperature.
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