On 7 Feb 2007 07:43:53 -0800, "Jeffy3" wrote:

Had a new refrigerator with built in ice maker installed last week,
along with a new copper water line.The ice really tastes terrible, and
has a musty smell to it. We do not have a filter attached. We never
had a filter on our old refrigerator and ice maker and smell in the
ice was never a problem.
I know you're supposed to throw out the first few "batches" of ice
from a new ice maker, but how do they define batches, the first few
whole trays of ice or just the first few groups of ice spit out? Is
it possible the smell will eventually stop? It's not from food
because we keep ice in an open bag that is left over from when we
didn't have the ice maker hooked up and that tastes fine.

yes, it will get better over time. Just keep throwing the ice away
until you are satisfied with the taste/odor. It may take 10 batches
or it may take 500 batches. It makes no nevermind how many it takes,
just keep throwing it out until you are happy.

I bought three whole house water filter systems and put under my
sink. The kitchen faucet gets filtered twice and the fridge ice maker
get filtered three times.

Taste and odor have never been a problem.

You didn't ask, but it took almost a week to fill my ice bin the
first time.