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. Never turn the water supply tap offwhen the ice maker .is working.
. Never touch the evalx-a'atorwhen
the machine is running.
• Except to take ice from the unit, keep the door closed to reduce melting and insure proper ice
formation.
How _e Machine
Make_
Ice
When the !rower switch is firm turned ON...the machine is in Stand-by mode. After about 3
md_ate_, R _;iU - , a_oLrr,_tkm!!y _
_ _
;_-mak;w,g stage.
There are two _stinct
cycles: Freeze and Harvest° During the Freeze cycle, water flows to Ibe
ev_rJorah-_r surface. !n Ehe Harve._t cycle, the ice is released a_A water enters the machine. A
complete cycle can take 15 to 40 minutes, deptmd_
on mbierit
temperature arid oper_d:mg
co_itioas.
Frce_:
Daring the Froze
cycle the €;ompre_sor is pump_
refrigemat,
the fan motor is blowing
air_ and the water pump is circulating water. When _e batch of ice has been fi.flty formed_
t-be -_¢em,_ker st_,-e¢_ the Freeze cye!e and begins the Harvest cycle.
]!£nfccst: During the Harvest cycle the compressor
is still operating, but*;he water p_mip has
stopped. The hot gas ,,_Ive opera, directing hot refrigerant
gas i_fto-thc cvai_'_r'ator. "l_c
_gaswarms the evaporator,
ca_ing
_
cubes to slide as a unit off'the evaporator
and into
the storage bin. The Freeze cyeie wi!! rest_
when at! the cubes drop _rto _
_,__
How_.the machine
n_es water:
"___mal_
m the vrdter tank. As
TTheice cube m_hin¢
begins with a fixed charge of water that is co''_''--_
"
the w_er f!_ws to the free,.inS evaporator .m_faee, the wat_
will freeze and ._tiek to the ice euhe
molds. During Lhe bze-making process, fresh water emers *drewater tank eomim_iy
as
water from the trough freezes eomixmousiy
on _e evaporator.
Condenser
Normal Sourds
h_
..... "
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b_;! • •
" t
_/...f
Hot _
valve--,._,
Water
]
i
Wa.er _/
__
pump
.Jl, j
tray (trotgh)
_ il
_
_
_ _=_
Compressor
-
_)_.i
motor
i I
Your new ice cube machine m_y make sounds t_nt nre unfimiliar
to you. Most off.he new
.,_unds _re rmrmn]. Hard sur£,mes !ike the tkmr and..walls e zn _mp,ii._ _he.._imd_, The €O|_wing
describes the _s
of sounds that _ht
be ng_,_" m yea and what may be ea,a,_o;mg _.hem.
• P,_attiingnoises may come from tire flow of the refrigerant
orthe water Line. items stored
on top of the ice cube machine cart also make _oiseso
• Tbe h_h-efficiency
compres_r.may
make a _,m!sating or high-pitched
sound.
• R_a_tg
water may make a splashing sound.
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