GE GTS18ABSALWW Owner's Manual And Installation Instructions page 9

About the automatic icemaker.
A newly-installed refrigerator may take 12 to 24 hours to begin making ice.
Power
Automatic lcemaker (onsome models)
Switch Icemaker
Green/
PowerLight er Arm
Power switch model
eelerArmin
the STOP
Feeler Arm in (up)poskio!!
the ON (down)
position
Feeler arm model
The icemaker will produce api)roxinmtely
100-130 cubes in a 24-hour period,
dei)ending on the fl'eezer colni)artmelK
te/lll)eratt]re , i-ooi11 teml)erattlre ,
ntllllbeI"
of door oi)enings and other use conditions.
There are two t)pes ot icemakei_: power
switch inodels and teeler aI_n models.
If the retiigerator is operated betore the
water colmection is inade to the icelnakei;
set the power switch to 0 (off) or move the
t(eler am/ to the STOP (up) position.
When the refligerator has been connected
to the water sui)ply; set the power switch to
the / (0n) position or move the feeler am_ to
the ON
(down) position. On power switch
Inodels, the green light will come on.
You will hear a buzzing sotmd each tilne
the icemaker fills with water
The icemaker will fill with water when it
cools to 15°F. A newl}qnstalled reliigerator
Inav take 12 to 24 hom_ to begin making
ice cubes.
Throw awm the first tew batches of ice to
allow the water line to cleai:
Be sure t_othing interteres with the sweep
of the feeler aim.
When the bin fills to the level ot the teeler
aim, the icelnaker will stop precluding ice.
It is n(wmal for several cubes to be joined
together
If ice is not used fl'equenfl> old ice cubes
will become cloudy, taste stale and shlink.
On power switch models, the green power
light will blink if ice cubes get stuck in the
icelnakei: To correct this, set the power
switch to 0 (off)and relnove the cubes. Set
the power switch to / (on)to restart the
icelnakei: _Mtei" the icelnaker has been
turned on again, there will be a delay of
about 45 inilmtes bet0re the icelnaker
I'eStlI/les ol)ei'ation,
NOTE" In homes with lower-than-averagewater
pressure,you may hear the icemakercycle multiple
times when making one batch of ice.
Icemaker Accessory Kit
If your refrigerator did not ah'eadv come
equii)ped with an automatic icemaker,
an icemaker accessor_ kit is axailable at
extra cost.
Check the back of the refrigerator fi_r
the specific icemaker kit needed fin" )our
model.