I bought this new from Lowes. When it was installed in our home a few days ago, it worked fine . . . for awhile. Then, it started to make a very LOUD noise that would last about 10-12 seconds and then stop, and it would do this a few times a day. (No, it’s not the ice maker, as when the tech set the refrigerator up, we told him not to connect it, since we buy our own distilled water.) Soooo, we returned the refrig to Lowe’s, thinking that we just got a defective one. Another new one was installed yesterday, but today - for the first time - the SAME loud noise happened again!! I’m at a complete quandary as to what’s causing this. Anybody have any clue or info you could share, that would be great!
That 10-12-second roar is almost certainly the ice maker fill valve energizing. Even with no water line hooked up, the fridge keeps telling the ice maker to run its fill cycle every few hours, and the valve’s solenoid hums loudly because it’s “dry-firing.” Turn the ice maker OFF at the control panel or flip the rocker switch/raise the feeler arm inside the ice bucket section; the noise will stop immediately.
Hi, Roman . . . Thanks so very much for your help here. What you’ve explained makes perfect sense and which would explain why this has been happening on BOTH of these two new refrigerators. I tried to find some kind of control panel, and I don’t think this model has that on it, only the side door temperature settings for both sides of the refrig. I took two photos, showing you inside the icemaker, but I don’t see anything there that describes what you mentioned here. The revolving coil that releases the ice, of course, doesn’t move. Could the rocker switch arm be that very small level on the TOP of the icemaker? It’s a very small, white plastic piece. (see one of 2 images attached)
You’re close, but the piece you’re pointing to is only a support rib.
On this style Frigidaire ice maker the real power switch hides under the front edge of the ice-maker housing, right next to the green status light you can see glowing in your first photo.
Slide the ice bucket straight out.
Look at the bottom-front corner of the ice-maker module, just behind that green LED. You’ll see a tiny white rocker labeled “I / O.”
I = ON (factory setting)
O = OFF
Flip it to “O.” The green light will go out and the valve will quit chattering - a fix Frigidaire themselves recommend when no water line is hooked up. Frigidaire Owner Center
If you ever decide to hook up a water supply, simply switch it back to “I,” purge the line, and you’re in business.
You’re a GENIUS! I took the ice bucket out and found the small i/o button underneath immediately and switched it to O, off. And, immediately the light went out at the switch.
Thanks so VERY MUCH* for your help!!! GREATLY, APPRECIATE IT! ***
