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| GE IM6 icemaker drip | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16th, 2005 10:52 pm |
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tlcoplin Grasshopper
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Ice maker is slowly dripping in the area of the thermistor, creating a frozen blob below the icemaker. I checked the resistance of the thermistor at 77F and it reads 10k. Can't see any evidence of overfilling or drip flrom the water fill. What's causing the drip?
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16th, 2005 11:01 pm |
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Pegi Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology 
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There was a bulletin out about this, remove the ice maker, dry the area and use food grade silacone to seal that area where the water is coming over, then re-install and make sure the ice maker is level..
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16th, 2005 11:11 pm |
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Pegi Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology
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This occurs when water leaks from the icemaker thermistor housing due to capillary action or wicking of water. You will see icicles of various sizes forming between the mold body and control housing as shown in Figure 3. Ice may also form inside the control housing but this will not be visible unless the cover is removed. Other issues related to leakage include: • Restricted movement of the feeler arm causing “SLOW” or “NO” ice production. • Failure of the feeler arm. Restriction of feeler arm movement will break the internal crank mechanism of the icemaker. This can cause “EJECTOR STALLED”, “LED FLASHING” or “WILL NOT FILL”. Please note that the service diagnostics can not be run when the internal crank is broken. New icemakers will be available the end of July 2002. A gasket has been added to the thermistor housing to allow a water tight seal.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 18th, 2005 03:56 am |
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tlcoplin Grasshopper
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Applied silicone to the upper portion around the thermistor, and now the icemaker works like new! I would not have thought that the capillary action would have drawn and created such a drip, and created such a frozen mess. Thanks for the expertise and the applied appliantology!
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| Posted: Sun Sep 18th, 2005 04:37 am |
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Pegi Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology
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Thanks, glad I could help.....
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