We had some work done on our kitchen and the refrigerator ice maker
was disconnected for a few weeks. The refrigerator was still working
otherwise. Now, after hooking the water back up, it isn't making ice.
There is definitely water going to the tube, but no water in the ice
tray.

I've tried blowing on the tube to see if I could unclog it, but I
couldn't.

I checked all of the buttons and settings - they are OK. I also
checked the cutoff arm.

I have an air compressor that I was going to use on the tube, but it
has a connection for tires only, so it won't fit the tube.

Any suggestions on how to fix it?

Jan Philips wrote:
We had some work done on our kitchen and the refrigerator ice maker
was disconnected for a few weeks. The refrigerator was still working
otherwise. Now, after hooking the water back up, it isn't making ice.
There is definitely water going to the tube, but no water in the ice
tray.

I've tried blowing on the tube to see if I could unclog it, but I
couldn't.

I checked all of the buttons and settings - they are OK. I also
checked the cutoff arm.

I have an air compressor that I was going to use on the tube, but it
has a connection for tires only, so it won't fit the tube.

Any suggestions on how to fix it?

I had problem after leaving it sit unconnected. My controller is in the ice
maker. If the controller is cycling, the valve should cycle. Valve could be
stuck, or controller not working. Still not working. Here. I could monitor
voltage to valve.

Greg

On Oct 25, 7:46*pm, gregz wrote:
Jan Philips wrote:
We had some work done on our kitchen and the refrigerator ice maker
was disconnected for a few weeks. *The refrigerator was still working
otherwise. *Now, after hooking the water back up, it isn't making ice..
There is definitely water going to the tube, but no water in the ice
tray.

I've tried blowing on the tube to see if I could unclog it, but I
couldn't.

I checked all of the buttons and settings - they are OK. *I also
checked the cutoff arm.

I have an air compressor that I was going to use on the tube, but it
has a connection for tires only, so it won't fit the tube.

Any suggestions on how to fix it?

I had problem after leaving it sit unconnected. My controller is in the ice
maker. If the controller is cycling, the valve should cycle. Valve could be
stuck, or controller not working. Still not working. Here. I could monitor
voltage to valve.

Greg

the water valve is likely bad you can check for voltage at the valve
sometimes a icemaker kit is cheaper than buying the parts.....

what happens with the ice maker water supply disconnected, and the ice
maker left on, it calls constantky for water and damages the water
valve solenoid

On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:52:51 -0700 (PDT), bob haller
wrote:

what happens with the ice maker water supply disconnected, and the ice
maker left on, it calls constantky for water and damages the water
valve solenoid

:-( I don't think we turned off the ice maker while the water was disconnected.

Totally needs more diagnostic workup.

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"bob haller" wrote in message
...

the water valve is likely bad you can check for voltage at the valve
sometimes a icemaker kit is cheaper than buying the parts.....

what happens with the ice maker water supply disconnected, and the ice
maker left on, it calls constantky for water and damages the water
valve solenoid

On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:16:02 -0400, Jan Philips
wrote:

On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:52:51 -0700 (PDT), bob haller
wrote:

what happens with the ice maker water supply disconnected, and the ice
maker left on, it calls constantky for water and damages the water
valve solenoid

:-( I don't think we turned off the ice maker while the water was disconnected.

It was that way about 2 days.

On Oct 25, 9:19*pm, Jan Philips wrote:
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:16:02 -0400, Jan Philips

wrote:
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:52:51 -0700 (PDT), bob haller
wrote:

what happens with the ice maker water supply disconnected, and the ice
maker left on, it calls constantky for water and damages the water
valve solenoid

:-( *I don't think we turned off the ice maker while the water was disconnected.

It was that way about 2 days.

If you move the lever that senses the levelof the ice, can you hear
any clicking or sounds that sound like a valve opening and closing.
If dead silence, either the switch or the valve is most likely gone
west.

On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:31:44 -0400, Jan Philips
wrote:

We had some work done on our kitchen and the refrigerator ice maker
was disconnected for a few weeks. The refrigerator was still working
otherwise. Now, after hooking the water back up, it isn't making ice.
There is definitely water going to the tube, but no water in the ice
tray.

I've tried blowing on the tube to see if I could unclog it, but I
couldn't.

I checked all of the buttons and settings - they are OK. I also
checked the cutoff arm.

I have an air compressor that I was going to use on the tube, but it
has a connection for tires only, so it won't fit the tube.

Any suggestions on how to fix it?

My guess is that while you had it disconnected but with the refrig
still running, the water froze in a part of the water line that it
usually doesn't sit in long enough to freeze. I'd turn the fridge off
for as long as you think you can without losing your frozen stuff and
seeing if that "fixes" it.

Ashton Crusher wrote:
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:31:44 -0400, Jan Philips
wrote:

We had some work done on our kitchen and the refrigerator ice maker
was disconnected for a few weeks. The refrigerator was still working
otherwise. Now, after hooking the water back up, it isn't making
ice. There is definitely water going to the tube, but no water in
the ice tray.

I've tried blowing on the tube to see if I could unclog it, but I
couldn't.

I checked all of the buttons and settings - they are OK. I also
checked the cutoff arm.

I have an air compressor that I was going to use on the tube, but it
has a connection for tires only, so it won't fit the tube.

Any suggestions on how to fix it?

My guess is that while you had it disconnected but with the refrig
still running, the water froze in a part of the water line that it
usually doesn't sit in long enough to freeze. I'd turn the fridge off
for as long as you think you can without losing your frozen stuff and
seeing if that "fixes" it.

I agree. We had the problem, let the freezing compartment thaw, refroze,
all was well.

--

dadiOH
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On Oct 26, 6:27*am, "dadiOH" wrote:
Ashton Crusher wrote:
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:31:44 -0400, Jan Philips
wrote:

We had some work done on our kitchen and the refrigerator ice maker
was disconnected for a few weeks. *The refrigerator was still working
otherwise. *Now, after hooking the water back up, it isn't making
ice. There is definitely water going to the tube, but no water in
the ice tray.

I've tried blowing on the tube to see if I could unclog it, but I
couldn't.

I checked all of the buttons and settings - they are OK. *I also
checked the cutoff arm.

I have an air compressor that I was going to use on the tube, but it
has a connection for tires only, so it won't fit the tube.

Any suggestions on how to fix it?

My guess is that while you had it disconnected but with the refrig
still running, the water froze in a part of the water line that it
usually doesn't sit in long enough to freeze. *I'd turn the fridge off
for as long as you think you can without losing your frozen stuff and
seeing if that "fixes" it.

I agree. *We had the problem, let the freezing compartment thaw, refroze,
all was well.

--

dadiOH
____________________________

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For my understanding, doesn't the water just sit in the line anyway?
What keeps it from freezing if you don't use the ice cubes for a
couple of days??

hr(bob) wrote:
On Oct 26, 6:27 am, "dadiOH" wrote:
Ashton Crusher wrote:
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:31:44 -0400, Jan Philips
wrote:

We had some work done on our kitchen and the refrigerator ice maker
was disconnected for a few weeks. The refrigerator was still
working otherwise. Now, after hooking the water back up, it isn't
making ice. There is definitely water going to the tube, but no
water in the ice tray.

I've tried blowing on the tube to see if I could unclog it, but I
couldn't.

I checked all of the buttons and settings - they are OK. I also
checked the cutoff arm.

I have an air compressor that I was going to use on the tube, but
it has a connection for tires only, so it won't fit the tube.

Any suggestions on how to fix it?

My guess is that while you had it disconnected but with the refrig
still running, the water froze in a part of the water line that it
usually doesn't sit in long enough to freeze. I'd turn the fridge
off for as long as you think you can without losing your frozen
stuff and seeing if that "fixes" it.

I agree. We had the problem, let the freezing compartment thaw,
refroze,
all was well.

--

dadiOH
____________________________

Winters getting colder? Tired of the rat race?
Maybe just ready for a change? Check it
out...http://www.floridaloghouse.net- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

For my understanding, doesn't the water just sit in the line anyway?
What keeps it from freezing if you don't use the ice cubes for a
couple of days??

Couldn't tell you for sure but my guess is that when the ice maker is
cyclying to make ice it opens a valve, closes it after it gets the water.

--

dadiOH
____________________________

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The water line after the water valve runs up the back of the fridge, it
never gets cold.

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"hr(bob) " wrote in message
...

For my understanding, doesn't the water just sit in the line anyway?
What keeps it from freezing if you don't use the ice cubes for a
couple of days??

Take the cover off and bang the **** out of it. It worked for me.

On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:31:44 -0400, Jan Philips
wrote:

We had some work done on our kitchen and the refrigerator ice maker
was disconnected for a few weeks. The refrigerator was still working
otherwise. Now, after hooking the water back up, it isn't making ice.
There is definitely water going to the tube, but no water in the ice
tray.

I've tried blowing on the tube to see if I could unclog it, but I
couldn't.

Could you blow into it, or were you prevented from exhaling?

I checked all of the buttons and settings - they are OK. I also
checked the cutoff arm.

I have an air compressor that I was going to use on the tube, but it
has a connection for tires only, so it won't fit the tube.

Wrap tape around it and then your hand.


Any suggestions on how to fix it?

Ah, the Redneck WWF approach.

Christopher A. Young
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"Thomas" wrote in message
...
Take the cover off and bang the **** out of it. It worked for me.

well if you really want to explore this failure..........

the solenoid valve is likely 120 volts, so unplug tthe solenoid valve,
and use clipsto apply power line vlotage to the solenoid, with the out
side of the valve disconnected....

if you dont have a stream of water flying across the room the valve is
bad.......

note ohm meter readings are useless

On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:31:44 -0400, Jan Philips
wrote:

We had some work done on our kitchen and the refrigerator ice maker
was disconnected for a few weeks. The refrigerator was still working
otherwise. Now, after hooking the water back up, it isn't making ice.
There is definitely water going to the tube, but no water in the ice
tray.

I've tried blowing on the tube to see if I could unclog it, but I
couldn't.

I checked all of the buttons and settings - they are OK. I also
checked the cutoff arm.

I have an air compressor that I was going to use on the tube, but it
has a connection for tires only, so it won't fit the tube.

Any suggestions on how to fix it?

Fix the compressor first. Remove the tire filler end. Get a female
coupler at any hardware store. Also get a male coupler for the tire
filler. Then buy a blow gun attachment and screw a male adaptor on
that. Now you can plug either the tire filler or the blow gun onto your
compressor hose. This will cost you around $10 to $15.

Now use the blow gun to blow out your water tube. Be sure to remove it
from the fridge and the pipe where it is connected before doing this.

On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:43:01 -0700 (PDT), "hr(bob) "
wrote:

If you move the lever that senses the levelof the ice, can you hear
any clicking or sounds that sound like a valve opening and closing.
If dead silence, either the switch or the valve is most likely gone
west.

Yes, I hear clicking. This happened while the water was disconnected
but the unit was still running, and the button to make ice was still
on for a couple of days.

On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:51:50 -0700, Ashton Crusher
wrote:

My guess is that while you had it disconnected but with the refrig
still running, the water froze in a part of the water line that it
usually doesn't sit in long enough to freeze. I'd turn the fridge off
for as long as you think you can without losing your frozen stuff and
seeing if that "fixes" it.

That is definitely a possibility. I can't blow through the tube, and
I would expect to be able to if it isn't stopped up.

On Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:35:53 -0700 (PDT), bob haller
wrote:

well if you really want to explore this failure..........

the solenoid valve is likely 120 volts, so unplug tthe solenoid valve,
and use clipsto apply power line vlotage to the solenoid, with the out
side of the valve disconnected....

That is beyond what I can do.

On Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:16:54 -0400, micky
wrote:

I've tried blowing on the tube to see if I could unclog it, but I
couldn't.

Could you blow into it, or were you prevented from exhaling?

When I tried blowing into it as hard as I could, I couldn't tell that
I wa getting any air through.

On Oct 28, 12:51*am, Jan Philips wrote:
On Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:35:53 -0700 (PDT), bob haller
wrote:

well if you really want to explore this failure..........

the solenoid valve is likely 120 volts, so unplug tthe solenoid valve,
and use clipsto apply power line vlotage to the solenoid, with the out
side of the valve disconnected....

That is beyond what I can do.

replace the ice maker, or call a service tech..

"Jan Philips" wrote in message
...
We had some work done on our kitchen and the refrigerator ice maker
was disconnected for a few weeks. The refrigerator was still working
otherwise. Now, after hooking the water back up, it isn't making ice.
There is definitely water going to the tube, but no water in the ice
tray.

I've tried blowing on the tube to see if I could unclog it, but I
couldn't.

I checked all of the buttons and settings - they are OK. I also
checked the cutoff arm.

I have an air compressor that I was going to use on the tube, but it
has a connection for tires only, so it won't fit the tube.

Any suggestions on how to fix it?

Jan,

With the ice maker on, pour some water (about a cup or possibly less,
depending upon the size of the tray) into the ice maker tray and wait (it
could take several hours) to see if any ice cubes are made and dumped into
the ice bin. The results will tell you whether or not the ice maker itself
or the solenoid valve, as others here have suggested, is at fault.

I may have missed part of this thread, so excuse me if it's already been
stated, but are you certain that water is actually coming out of the line
itself? Just because you see water in the line doesn't really mean that
much. Those T style saddle valves aren't the greatest in the world. It
should be easy enough for you to disconnect the line at the back of the
refrigerator, which is usually connected directly to the solenoid valve,
place it in a suitable container and have someone open the valve. If you
have water there and the previous "ice test" worked, then it's probably an
issue with the solenoid valve. Those are easily replaced.

Hope this helps.

Peter.