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I have a GE model # GSS25JFPAWW that is 4 years old.
The ice maker works but the water dispensr does not.
I changed the waver valve assembly PN AP3192626 and have 120 vac at the solenoid.
The water reservoir - a coil of plastic pipe - is not frozen.
When I disconnect the plastic pipe at the bottom of the hinge/door connector splice and hit the water dispenser switch - I get a flow of water.
How do I replace and/or fix this now?
Thanks,
Rob
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Hi Rob,
Sounds like the water line inside the freezer door is frozen up. Did you measure the temperature in the freezer? If it's bellow 0°F then you have to adjust the temperature setting and wait a few days. If it would not help then the door liner has to be removed to defrost the water line.
Gene.
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Gene, Abadfish66,
Thanks much for your input.
In less than a day - turning down the freezer thawed the line and allowed water flow - seems too fast but I'm not complaining.
Thanks again -
Rob
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Do you have the instructions for installing the water tube heater WR46X10173?
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It's WR49x10173, and The instructions are included with the part. I personally have not put one in yet, but heard it's pretty easy.
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I replaced it this weekend. It was really easy. Thanks for your help.
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After about 3-4 months, the water tube froze up again. I had read that some have tape insulation on the inside of the freezer door to correct this. Thinking that this might not look too good, I drilled a 1 1/2 in. hole in the inside of the door at the level where the water tube should be exiting out of the outside of the door. (Just under the ice dispenser chute.) I dug out the insulation around the water tube, and stuffed it with new foam insulation that I got from some packing material. I plugged the hole with a plastic plug that I got at the local Hardware store. Let's see if this works any better. So far, so good.
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So the heater didn't work. That's the kind of thing we have to do to get by these days. Good idea.
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