On 9/22/2015 1:58 PM, Don Y wrote:
On 9/22/2015 10:59 AM, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:37:38 -0700, Don Y
wrote:

[My ice maker is not and never has been broken. Though I,
and possibly others, might be interested in understanding what
*can* go wrong AND WHY -- lest they have to repeat a repair!]

I very impressed. How did that happen?! You must be the single person
that had ice maker not have something go wrong.

We've *never* had a problem withthe ice maker. The refrigerator
(and icemaker) are at least 20+ years old. The only thing that
has changed in the quality of ice produced in that time was they got
"bigger" when I installed an inline water filter in the supply line
(*in* the wall behind the refrigerator). I suspect the reason for
this was because it increased the rate of flow to the refrigerator
(because I had to replace the fitting that mated to the water line
feeding the ice maker).

Tell the class how that works. Please expand on how you prevented ice
from not being made. As you stated earlier, people can learn from my
experience. IOW's You can't make ice without water flowing, when the
chute has frozen.

I asked you for your first-hand OPINION as to why the water froze in the
chute. *YOU* are the only one who has seen the orientation of the chute
(for all we know, it could have been *bent*, improperly installed, etc.),
observed the fill rate, noticed if any "drops" remain in the chute
after the fill cycle terminates, etc.

Of course, it's equally possible that you simply didn't bother to think
about the *cause* of the problem -- just stopped thinking about it once
it went away. Repairs (and repairmen) like that are known to revisit
themselves on the "unfortunate".

--

SWMBO had a guy out to replace the pump in the swamp cooler before I
got settled, here. A *month* later, it failed. As there was a 1 month
warranty on his work, she simply called him back. *That* pump lasted
a month as well.

Rather than trusting a "repairman" who has now proven himself to be an
unemployed "used car salesman" (or, incapable of selecting a RELIABLE
pump), *I* went up to diagnose the problem.

And, discovered the (second!) 110VAC pump that he had installed on the
220V cooler! Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that this
pump will fail in short order, as well!

--

A gentleman I worked with was perpetually repairing these little DVD
players for resale. Then, having to repair/replace them *again*
before the warranty (we provided) expired! Ad infinitum.

I eventually took an interest: what the hell are you doing *wrong*, Bob?
Turns out, he was dutifully replacing the 10WVDC capacitor in the power
supply with another identical 10WVDC capacitor -- which would promptly fail
soon after the customer started using it.

Never thinking to look at the *circuit*! Else, he would have discovered
that the cap was on a 12V line. Ooops! Need a 16V cap, as a minimum.
"But they're *all* like that!?" "So? The manufacturer cut a corner.
We can cut that same corner if we want to gamble on *our* customers
not bothering to bring the units back in for replacements!"

Use 16WVDC caps and no more problems with returns! But, only because
someone (me) decided to figure out *why* the problem existed.





My ice maker something freezes up when it goes to eject the ice and one
tiny piece of an ice cube gets stuck in the corner. I just tap it and
it falls off and then it starts making ice again.

--
Maggie