[ale] Way OT: Ice Maker question

[Greg Freemyer]

Thanks all,

Lacking a service co. recommendation, I'll try to do it myself.  Looks
like Fox is just down the street from my office.

As to pictures, too late.  I got most of the ice out last night.
Several gallons of frozen water was everywhere.  It took me several
hours to break apart all the various items.  I still have a couple
inches of ice at the very bottom.

As to the soleloid idea, it is the half moon shape cubes, and the leak
stopped after I lifted the ice detector arm, so it somewhere after the
valve that handles filling the tray.  Not sure it that would be the
solenoid or not.

Greg


On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I second the Fox motion, I have bought appliance parts from them for years.
> They have two locations now as I recall, one down by Clayton State and one
> in Doraville near the old GM plant, closed the Stone Mtn. branch a few years
> back. Fox is WAY cheaper than Sears and generally has the stuff in stock
> which Sears generally doesn't! However, Sears does have a pretty cool
> website that actually shows diagrams and gives part numbers for what you
> need and it is not just for Sears stuff, they service all brands now. So you
> can go on the Sears site and punch in your model # and get the part # for
> what you need at Fox.
>
> Now if your GE icemaker is the round cube type, there is a seal in the
> bottom of the ice tray that fails and causes all the problems. If it has the
> newer "half moon" shaped cubes like everybody seems to be using these days,
> then the problem is likely in the seal of the solenoid mounted in the rear
> where the H2O comes in. If you don't filter the water going to the ice maker
> and esp. if the water has been turned off in the neighborhood or home
> recently, a piece of trash may be keeping the seal from closing.You might be
> able to remove and clean it or perhaps buy a replacement seal, otherwise the
> solenoid shouldn't cost more than say $25 at Fox and perhaps less.
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> There is also a Sears repair bunch on Mountain Industrial Blvd. They
>> carry parts for everything.
>>
>> I installed a new icemaker a while back and it was less than $300...
>>
>> Take pictures! This sounds like a nightmare scene from a freezer that
>> should be shared!
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:56 AM,  <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
>> >> Greg
>> >> Freemyer
>> >> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:50
>> >> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
>> >> Subject: [ale] Way OT: Ice Maker question
>> >>
>> >> All,
>> >>
>> >> My 8 yr old Ice Maker has sprung a leak and creating a very Northern
>> >> Scene in my freezer.  (Ice Ponds, Stalactites hanging from the
>> >> shelves, etc.)
>> >>
>> >> I'm sure for $700 or so I can get the whole Ice Maker replaced, but I
>> >> suspect it is just a bad seal or valve, so I'd like to find a repair
>> >> service that actually repairs things.
>> >>
>> >> (It is a GE fridge if that matters.)
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for any advice
>> >> Greg
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>> > I've gotten parts for appliances from Fox several times.
>> >
>> > Fox Appliance Parts of Atlanta
>> > http://www.foxparts.com/
>> > http://www.foxatlanta.com/
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > keith
>> >
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