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Dripping water dispencer on refrig
I have a Whirlpool sided-by-side refrigerator with ice & water in the
freezer door. Recently the water dispenser has started leaking. The problem is definitely not that the dispenser switch is being pressed as I have physically disconnected the switch for testing. With the switch connected I press a glass into the dispense. The water dispenses. I physically disconnect the electrical switch (that the glass ultimately presses) but several drops of water continue to drip. Sometimes it is just a few drops, other times it is enough to eventually overflow the collector tray at the bottom of the dispenser. Always though it is just a drip, a few drops at a time, not the full water volume as while filling a glass. Is this a common problem? What is the usual cause (a solenoid)? If it is a solenoid (or other part) where is the most common place to locate it (the door, freezer body, etc)? Thanks |
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On Apr 15, 3:04*pm, "Jack B. Pollack" wrote:
I have a Whirlpool sided-by-side refrigerator with ice & water in the freezer door. Recently the water dispenser has started leaking. The problem is definitely not that the dispenser switch is being pressed as I have physically disconnected the switch for testing. With the switch connected I press a glass into the dispense. The water dispenses. I physically disconnect the electrical switch (that the glass ultimately presses) but several drops of water continue to drip. Sometimes it is just a few drops, other times it is enough to eventually overflow the collector tray at the bottom of the dispenser. Always though it is just a drip, a few drops at a time, not the full water volume as while filling a glass. Is this a common problem? What is the usual cause (a solenoid)? If it is a solenoid (or other part) where is the most common place to locate it (the door, freezer body, etc)? Thanks A single grain of sand in the solenoid can cause the dripping you describe. Do you have a filter in the water line input to the refrigerator? If so, have you ever replaced the filter cartridge? Taking the solenoid apart is one way, or you could try to reverse flush it while the coil is energized, or buy a new one. |
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The water line connects to it..... As the pellican with the
colored beak said while selling Fruit Loops, paraphrasing. "Follow your hose, it always knows....." I hope you're over forty, and have a sense of humor as salubrious as mine. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Jack B. Pollack" wrote in message m... That makes perfect sense as I live in an apartment building and the building turned off the water yesterday, When they turn it back on there is a lot of gunk in it. I'm going to try to run a lot of water through it, maybe it will wash out. If I have to replace it where is it most likely located? Thanks this was really helpful in at least understanding what happened. |
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"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message ... The water line connects to it..... As the pellican with the colored beak said while selling Fruit Loops, paraphrasing. "Follow your hose, it always knows....." I hope you're over forty, and have a sense of humor as salubrious as mine. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org . "Jack B. Pollack" wrote in message m... That makes perfect sense as I live in an apartment building and the building turned off the water yesterday, When they turn it back on there is a lot of gunk in it. I'm going to try to run a lot of water through it, maybe it will wash out. If I have to replace it where is it most likely located? Thanks this was really helpful in at least understanding what happened. I did find it. The bigger problem now is getting to it. It requires moving out the refrig and I live in a small apartment where things are so tight they had to put the floor molding on after the refrig was installed. So pulling it out is going to be a real headache. I'm really hoping that just letting it run with hose attached to it and draining into the sink will flush it out. |
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I hate it when people build the appliances in like that. One
time I was servicing a side by side, built in like that. Needed to put a hard start kit on the compressor. They had to saw through the drywall behind the unit, which was at the cellar stair case, so I could stand on a higher stair, and wire in the hard start kit. Good luck about flushing out the valve. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Jack B. Pollack" wrote in message news I did find it. The bigger problem now is getting to it. It requires moving out the refrig and I live in a small apartment where things are so tight they had to put the floor molding on after the refrig was installed. So pulling it out is going to be a real headache. I'm really hoping that just letting it run with hose attached to it and draining into the sink will flush it out. |
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On 4/16/2011 9:18 AM, Jack B. Pollack wrote:
"Stormin wrote in message ... The water line connects to it..... As the pellican with the colored beak said while selling Fruit Loops, paraphrasing. "Follow your hose, it always knows....." I hope you're over forty, and have a sense of humor as salubrious as mine. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org . "Jack B. wrote in message m... That makes perfect sense as I live in an apartment building and the building turned off the water yesterday, When they turn it back on there is a lot of gunk in it. I'm going to try to run a lot of water through it, maybe it will wash out. If I have to replace it where is it most likely located? Thanks this was really helpful in at least understanding what happened. I did find it. The bigger problem now is getting to it. It requires moving out the refrig and I live in a small apartment where things are so tight they had to put the floor molding on after the refrig was installed. So pulling it out is going to be a real headache. I'm really hoping that just letting it run with hose attached to it and draining into the sink will flush it out. Any way you can set up an IV drip of vinegar into the input side? I gave up on my dispenser- my water is so mineral-laden it clogs up in a month, and those damn filters are expensive around here. (Not to mention, idiot furnace guy blocked the filter in basement ceiling with a new duct run...) Anyway, I turned off icemaker (almost never use ice anyway), and have just let the thing sit. I may get around to fussing with it someday. I suppose after I clean it out, I could feed it from other side of water softener to get around the mineral problem, but ice and water would taste nasty then. If this fancy fridge (that came with the house) dies, it is getting replaced with a big-box entry level special. Not a fan of side-by-sides anyway. I'd rather have a freezer that a frozen pizza fits in without bending. -- aem sends... |
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The fellow is having trouble finding the solenoid, I think
reverse flush while energized is a bit too much to ask at this point. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "hr(bob) " wrote in message ... Taking the solenoid apart is one way, or you could try to reverse flush it while the coil is energized, or buy a new one. |
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