Ice maker problem

[ditterdo]

3-3-24

 

Hi all...I am so happy to be a part of this great forum.  I would appreciate your thoughts and comments I am having with my GE ice maker. I have an older GE refrigerator...Model TPX24PBBA WW.

Recently, the ice maker has not been filling with water to make cubes. Please note that when I manually fill the ice maker with 4 oz. of water it will harvest the cubes, go thru the cycle to the point where the water should enter the ice maker...but doesn't.

I would appreciate any thoughts or troubleshooting I can do and get from you great folks in this forum.

Thanks in advance

[Guest]

13 hours ago, ditterdo said:

3-3-24

 

Hi all...I am so happy to be a part of this great forum.  I would appreciate your thoughts and comments I am having with my GE ice maker. I have an older GE refrigerator...Model TPX24PBBA WW.

Recently, the ice maker has not been filling with water to make cubes. Please note that when I manually fill the ice maker with 4 oz. of water it will harvest the cubes, go thru the cycle to the point where the water should enter the ice maker...but doesn't.

I would appreciate any thoughts or troubleshooting I can do and get from you great folks in this forum.

Thanks in advance

First thought is likely you need a new water valve. 

Of course, theoretically you should test the voltage of your existing valve when the call is made to fill the ice tray but realistically it's a good probability you just need a new valve. Easy to install if you can turn off your water and have access to an adjustable wrench and Teflon tape. 

[dfphoto]

check the water valve resistance in the back unplugged 150-300ohms is good

[Guest]

37 minutes ago, dfphoto said:

check the water valve resistance in the back unplugged 150-300ohms is good

Obviously you're right about the resistance. I should have said that as well. That's a better first step than my voltage check. 

[dfphoto]

no voltage is step 2 but since I just learned this quickly know if the resistance is there then voltage knowing the ice maker is sending voltage to call for water.

[ditterdo]

Thanks everyone for your assistance. Since my post, I started to manually inspect the icemaker water lines before moving on to troubleshoot the inlet valve as yo all suggested.  But to know how to check the inlet valve is very valuable for future reference.  Anyway,  I proceeded to locate the water lines/tubes. In order to do this I had to move the fridge from the wall. Well, I found a tube that was no longer connected to a housing located right at the top on the fridge that the tube was in. This housing was right on the ouside of the fridge leading right into the icemaker. Anyway, I connected the tube, manually added water to the icemaker tray, turned on the icemaker, and in about an hour, the icemaker harvested the cubes. A little while later I watched water flow into the icemaker via the water inlet valve and now it appears that my icemaker is again making ice.

It is good to know that so far the valve and icemaker are operational and I have saved alot of money by a simple inspection of the water lines.

Thanks again for your assistance. I will cross my fingers that my good luck will continue.

 

[Guest]

7 hours ago, ditterdo said:

Thanks everyone for your assistance. Since my post, I started to manually inspect the icemaker water lines before moving on to troubleshoot the inlet valve as yo all suggested.  But to know how to check the inlet valve is very valuable for future reference.  Anyway,  I proceeded to locate the water lines/tubes. In order to do this I had to move the fridge from the wall. Well, I found a tube that was no longer connected to a housing located right at the top on the fridge that the tube was in. This housing was right on the ouside of the fridge leading right into the icemaker. Anyway, I connected the tube, manually added water to the icemaker tray, turned on the icemaker, and in about an hour, the icemaker harvested the cubes. A little while later I watched water flow into the icemaker via the water inlet valve and now it appears that my icemaker is again making ice.

It is good to know that so far the valve and icemaker are operational and I have saved alot of money by a simple inspection of the water lines.

Thanks again for your assistance. I will cross my fingers that my good luck will continue.

 

So was the ice maker calling for water and just spilling that water into the floor from the disconnected water line?

I believe the ice maker calls for water for a certain number of seconds rather than sensing water being in the ice making tray. 

If it was just the disconnected water line there should be water on the floor.