Mr Mow Town wrote:
Hello,

Does long cycling times between ice (square cubes) being made and not
very cold water coming from the dispenser indicate the temperature may
be too high in the freezer? Are there other things it could be?

4-5 year old Kitchenaide Superba, side by side.

Thanks

Can you spell "refrigerator thermometer"?

You can get one for as little as three bucks:

http://www.shop.com/op/aprod-p12652656?sourceid=3

Go thee one and use it to see what's going on in both the refrigerator
and the freezer. The scale on it is marked with typical temperature
ranges for both compartments.

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FYI, the way the icemaker in my GE refrigerator/freezer works is that
the ice "cube" dump cycle begins when a thermostat on the mold says it's
cold enough to believe that the water inside it must be frozen.

When that thermostat clicks, a heater is turned on which warms up the
mold so the cubes can be ejected. A shaded pole "push out" motor is
energized at the same time, but that motor is initially stalled by the
cubes being stuck in the mold.

When the mold heats enough so the motor can run and push the cubes out,
it does so.

The motor stops when a cam operated switch tells it to, but in the
process of getting to that point another cam operated switch opens a
solenoid water valve for just long enough to fill the mold with water.

Things stop there and wait until the thermostat on the mold says the
cubes must be frozen again, and the cycle repeats.

A sensor bail looks at the level in the cube bin and stops the cycle
when it gets full.

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So, a warmer freezer compartment will increase the amount of time it
takes for the water to freeze, lengthening the cycle.

Capiche?

Jeff

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