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(Carl J. Mosca) wrote in message . com...
I've got a 10 year old Amana refrigerator with the freezer on top.
The original icemaker stopped working.

I have replaced the icemaker and the automatic valve (I have good
water pressure) and the unit(s) do not work.

I've since seen a good bit about testing/replacing the icemaker and
valve. Putting the test jumper does not cause the unit to operate. I
have approximately 50 volts at the connector and right at 120 volts at
the refrigerator outlet. The voltage is also low at the test points
on the icemaker itself. I read somewhere things are OK as low as 80
volts although even that voltage seems low to me and hard to explain.
The refrigerator/freezer/lights operate normally except for the
icemaker.

Based on the simple schematic on the back of the refrigerator I see no
reason for the voltage difference but then it is a simple schematic.
There was ice in the tube that feeds the icemaker so it's
possible/likely the harness got wet but I have used a hair dryer on it
a few times now. I can't really get to the whole harness without
breaking what looks like a seal I should not mess with(unless someone
can tell me how) for a good visual inspection.

I do not have a good feeling about any potential repair people
(including Amana/Maytag) my wife or I have spoken to about the unit
because they keep asking about the all the common stuff I've already
checked. Ideas?

Hi,

(I have good water pressure)
There was ice in the tube that feeds the icemaker

Low water pressure fills often freezes over the fill tube!!

and the unit(s) do not work

How not work, sits there dead, goes around but not filling, goes part
way through a cycle and quits?

I
have approximately 50 volts at the connector and right at 120 volts at
the refrigerator outlet. The voltage is also low at the test points
on the icemaker itself.

Open/loose neutral can give low/strange readings for power! Open
thermal fuse ( black slug ) in the icemaker harness??

Model#?
http://www.applianceaid.com/model.html
Model# helps.

jeff.

Appliance Repair Aid
http://www.applianceaid.com/