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Model: DRS2662AW	Brand: Amana	Age: 5 - 10 years
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lmmtz1		#1 Posted : Thursday, October 9, 2008 9:40:40 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 10/9/2008(UTC) Posts: 15		Quit making ice. I am thinking it is the relay that open the valve but I am not sure where it is? No water is going to the maker. Thanks
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v2k04		#2 Posted : Thursday, October 9, 2008 9:41:55 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Senior Expert Joined: 10/9/2008(UTC) Posts: 784		check to make sure the fill tube isn't frozen over amana is famous for that if it is frozen replace the fill valve
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lmmtz1		#3 Posted : Thursday, October 9, 2008 9:46:14 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 10/9/2008(UTC) Posts: 15		it was frozen and I thawed it out where is the fill valve?
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v2k04		#4 Posted : Thursday, October 9, 2008 9:48:35 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Senior Expert Joined: 10/9/2008(UTC) Posts: 784		it's in the back where the water line hooks up what happens is the valve doen't close shut all the way after a fill and water dribbles down the fill tube and freezes and keeps building up until its frozen also a reverse osmosis system plumbed into water supply will cause the same issue cause of low pressure
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lmmtz1		#5 Posted : Thursday, October 9, 2008 9:51:15 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 10/9/2008(UTC) Posts: 15		It hasnt frozen since I thawed it out so it doesn't seem like the valve is slightly open? thanks also is it the primary or secondary valve?
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v2k04		#6 Posted : Thursday, October 9, 2008 9:53:19 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Senior Expert Joined: 10/9/2008(UTC) Posts: 784		ya they will sometimes just freeze out of the blue for no apparent reason, If its a dual valve one is for wter disp. other for icemaker it comes as an assembly or hard water deposits build up in tube making water droplets stick to it
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lmmtz1		#7 Posted : Thursday, October 9, 2008 9:57:26 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 10/9/2008(UTC) Posts: 15		so you think that it is the valve?
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v2k04		#8 Posted : Thursday, October 9, 2008 10:03:09 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Senior Expert Joined: 10/9/2008(UTC) Posts: 784		I would wait untill it does it again if it does then I would look at replacing valve
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lmmtz1		#9 Posted : Thursday, October 9, 2008 10:04:25 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Groups: Registered Joined: 10/9/2008(UTC) Posts: 15		it has been over a week when it stopped working
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v2k04		#10 Posted : Thursday, October 9, 2008 10:16:29 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Senior Expert Joined: 10/9/2008(UTC) Posts: 784		usuallywhat I do when I go to someones home to repair an icemaker and find the tube is frozen I will thaw it out and have them watch it, if it happens again and I get a callback in a week or month or so I will go ahead and replace the valve and check the fill tube for hard water deposits andf replace that too if it needs it
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