On 9/22/2015 3:39 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
"Don Y" wrote in message
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I don't use ice in anything. But, SWMBO uses *lots* of ice!
She routinely lifts the wire "bail" that senses when the box is
full of ice (to stop the ice maker from making more than she
needs -- which would cause the ice on the bottom of the box
to languish).

I've never looked to see how this affects the ice making cycle.
But, I've never been summoned with "Don, the ice maker is broken!"

I often lift the wire so it will not make more ice and let the hopper run
way down as we do not use much ice and sometimes the ice will melt and make
a lump that needs to be removed by hand.

SWMBO complains that if the ice maker keeps the bucket full, the
cubes on the bottom end up sublimating, over time. So, you end
up with these *little* ice cubes (that were bigger when they
were originally formed).

I'd not considered them fusing together. I guess you could
probably just "smash" them to break them apart? (again, this
assumes you are visiting the ice maker often!)

[BTW, ours is NOT a through-the-door ice maker. So, the cubes
never get "dispensed" (e.g., into a glass). This may make a
difference?]

No trouble in around 10 years on the machine now.

Yes, over 20 on ours (at this location, no idea how many years
prior to this)