GE Side by Side 22’ & 24’ Use & Care Manual page 5

Ice & Water Dispenser
Ice & Water Dispenser
Your refrigerator has an automatic
icemaker and a dispenser that
dispenses water, ice cubes and
crushed ice through the freezer
compartment doot-. Here. s ho~~
(1) dual solenoid valve to the
(2) water reservoir and to the
(3) automatic icemakcr as nculed.
Water is frozen in the
(4) cube mold and ejected into the
(5) stm-age bin where a nlotor-
powered auger moves cubes
forward into the dispensing unit.
Cubes or crushed ice, as selected.
dispense through chute in door
when cradle is pressed.
When the switch is moved to
CRUSHED, baffle in housin:
channels cubes through the crusher
and crushed ice fal 1s through chute
into glass.
Water from reser}oir flows
through the
dispensed when the cradle is
pressed.
switch turns the night
light are on 24' models onl}.
Important Facts about Your
Your icemaker will produce eight
cubes per cycle—approxiln:ltel~
compartment
on freezer
temperature. room temperature,
number of door openings and other
is normal. If ice flow interruption
is more than brief, ice clump(s)
may be the and shou]d be
removed following instructions
below and on page 7.
Avoid overfilling glasses writh ice
and using narrow or extra-tall
glasses. This can jam the chute or
cause the door- in the chute to
freeze shut. Period~ca]ly open the
freezer compartment door and
look down into the chute. If ice is
blocking the chute. poke it through
with a wooden spoon.
being sprayed beyond the glass,
but not so close that it blocks
Ice should not be dispensed
into thin glasses, fine 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.
filling glass with soda or other
beverage mixes. This will pre~ent
which is annoying and
splashing
which, if the splash reaches the
ice and water selector switch,
could to stick or bind.
Beverages and foods should 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
Before Using Your
Icemaker and Dispenser
the water connection is made, raise
the ice access door and make sure
the icemaker feeler arm is in the
STOP (up) position as shown below.
Ice access
door
Icemaker
position
When water sLlpply has been
connected to icemaker, move
' Feeler arm
in ON (down)
position
Depress water dispenser cradle for
b a out two minutes to remo}re
trapped air from the water line and
to fill water reservoir automatically.
Ice cube mold automatically fills
with water after cooling to freezing
temperatures. First cubes normally
freeze after several hours.
NOTE: With a newly-installed
refrigerator. allow about 24 hours
for the freezer compartment to
cool do~n to the proper ice-
making temperature.
arm in
(up)