Sounds - Maytag Ice2O Series Use & Care Manual

Operming Sounds
Improvements in refrigeration design may produce sounds in your new refrigerator that are different or were not
present in an older model. These improvements were made to create a refrigerator that is better at preserving food,
is more energy efficient, and is quieter overall. Because new refrigerators run quieter, sounds may be detected that
were present in older refrigerators, but were masked by higher sound levels. Many of these sounds are normal.
Please note that the surfaces adjacent to a refrigerator, such as hard walls, floors and cabinetry may make these
sounds seem even louder. The following are some of the normal sounds that may be noticed in a new refrigerator.
Clicking • Freezer control (A) clicks when starting or
stopping compressor.
• Defrost timer or electric damper control (select
models) (B) sounds like an electric clock and
snaps in and out of defrost cycle.
Air rushing • Condenser fan (D) makes this noise while
or whirring operating.
• Freezer fan (C) makes this noise while
operating.
• Freezer fan (C) slows to a stop as the freezer
door is opened.
Gurgling or • Evaporator (E) and heat exchanger (F)
boiling sound refrigerant make this noise when flowing.
Thumping • Ice cubes from ice maker drop into ice bucket (G).
• Dispenser ice chute (H) closing.
Vibrating • Compressor (I) makes a pulsating sound while
noise running.
• Refrigerator is not level.
Buzzing • Ice maker water valve (J) hookup buzzes when
ice maker fills with water.
Humming • lee maker (K) is in the 'on' position without
water connection.
• Ice auger (L) hums as auger agitates ice during
dispensing.
Beeping
• Compressor (I) can make a high pitched hum
while operating.
• Solenoid valve (M) operatin_ ice chute door.
• Doors are open, or have not been properly
closed.
• Door Alarm, Temp Alarm.
• Normal operation
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• See Levelin,q, page 4.
• Normal operation
• Normal operation
• Stop sound by turning ice maker
switch to OFF. See Automatic Ice
Maker, page 12 for details.
• Normal operation
• Normal operation
• See Opening and Closing your Fresh
Food Doors, page 9.
• See page 11 for DoorAlarm and Temp
Alarm.
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