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brianjbox  
#1 Posted : Wednesday, February 16, 2011 4:27:16 AM(UTC)
brianjbox

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Hi

We inherited a 15 year old Amana fridge freezer that looks new, we've never had this style of fridge freezer before and love it:)
I have just connected it up to the water using a water filter and was wondering how the ice maker bit works, if you hold a glass under the drinks dispenser you get a reasonably cold drink of water [could be colder]. If you hold the glass under the ice maker part you get nothing:confused:
This machine makes both ice cubes and crushed ice, a big stir'er thing rotates in the ice bucket but that's it, I have tried the switch set on both crushed and ice cubes and nothing.
This machine hasn't been used for a few months [moving and storage] and I don't have a user manual, is there something we should be doing to get it to work.

Would appreciate any help/guidance as although old this is the best machine we've ever owned.

Kind regards
Brian.
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brianjbox  
#2 Posted : Thursday, February 17, 2011 1:47:41 AM(UTC)
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Hi again

Well I've read loads of posts here to try and fathom this out for myself and not achieved it:o
I did read on here that I could swap the wires over on the two electric water valves [not sure what they're called] that allow water into the machine, I unplugged each one and plugged them back onto the opposite valve. When I now pressed the drinks dispenser lever the ice maker filled with water [and overflowed into the ice bucket:o ], when depressing the ice dispensing lever I didn't get any water out of the drinks dispenser:confused:

Not sure what this tells me only that there could be a fault with the valve that lets water into the ice making part of the freezer? I was hoping to swap the water hoses out of the valve over to do another test but the manufacturers make them a different size so couldn't do it.

Really appreciate any help as I have to order parts from the States and it won't be cheap with UK taxes added:mad:

Kind regards
Brian

P.S. could anyone explain how the wire trip switch in the ice maker bit works and what position it's supposed to be in to make ice;)
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