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U-line icemaker - Ernest Ekberg - 03-05-2006 12:40 My icemaker, which has been performing great for years, suddenly stopped. It started out when I turned the unit on, got freezing cold and then it got warm and made the sound of the ice mechanism turning out ice. Now, the compressor and fan will not come on. is there a hidden fuse somewhere? I have never pulled the unit out to explore. Your thoughts would be appreciated. Ernie-83pt40 in Louisiana U-line icemaker - ronmarabito2002 - 03-05-2006 14:32 Ernie: There was a booklet on the icemaker in your file. It should show any fuse that might be there. If you have to have it worked on, any residential appliance repair company should be familiar with it. R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40 --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ernest Ekberg" wrote: > > My icemaker, which has been performing great for years, suddenly > stopped. It started out when I turned the unit on, got freezing cold > and then it got warm and made the sound of the ice mechanism turning > out ice. Now, the compressor and fan will not come on. is there a > hidden fuse somewhere? I have never pulled the unit out to explore. > Your thoughts would be appreciated. Ernie-83pt40 in Louisiana > U-line icemaker - Ralph L. Fullenwider - 03-05-2006 14:47 Ernie: There is no fuse so to speak. There is an over temp sensor on the compressor, BUT, the ice maker may not have fully completed the last cycle. Look at the fingers, they should be pointed straight up. Try removing the front cap off the mold unit. There you will see 2 gears. The smaller should have a hex type landing area, take a small crescent wrench and turn that hex on the small gear so that the finger start to move down clockwise. You should hear a micro switch click and the compressor and fan should come on. If not, run the fingers clockwise until they point straight up and then move slightly past that and the compressor should come on. I am assuming that you have checked the circuit breaker in the main panel. Remove the lower front grill and check to be sure the condenser coil is not plug up. If the compressor comes on and the ice maker cycles one time and stops again then the motor has gone weak usually caused by dragging of the fingers. At that time is when I replace the mold unit. There is a thermostat in the back of the ice maker, You have to remove it and remove the back panel to make voltage checks. Caution, there will 110 vac present there. Ralph At 12:40 AM 3/6/2006 +0000, you wrote: >My icemaker, which has been performing great for years, suddenly >stopped. It started out when I turned the unit on, got freezing cold >and then it got warm and made the sound of the ice mechanism turning >out ice. Now, the compressor and fan will not come on. is there a >hidden fuse somewhere? I have never pulled the unit out to explore. >Your thoughts would be appreciated. Ernie-83pt40 in Louisiana > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Safe travels, Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm U-line icemaker - Robert Johannesen - 03-05-2006 15:17 Ernie, if you have to replace the entire mold assembly, e-mail me and I'll give you the address of a good source (I believe mine was about $155.00). Bob & Judy Johannesen 91WLWB "Seldom Blue" Argyle, TX "Ralph L. Fullenwider" wrote: Ernie: There is no fuse so to speak. There is an over temp sensor on the compressor, BUT, the ice maker may not have fully completed the last cycle. Look at the fingers, they should be pointed straight up. Try removing the front cap off the mold unit. There you will see 2 gears. The smaller should have a hex type landing area, take a small crescent wrench and turn that hex on the small gear so that the finger start to move down clockwise. You should hear a micro switch click and the compressor and fan should come on. If not, run the fingers clockwise until they point straight up and then move slightly past that and the compressor should come on. I am assuming that you have checked the circuit breaker in the main panel. Remove the lower front grill and check to be sure the condenser coil is not plug up. If the compressor comes on and the ice maker cycles one time and stops again then the motor has gone weak usually caused by dragging of the fingers. At that time is when I replace the mold unit. There is a thermostat in the back of the ice maker, You have to remove it and remove the back panel to make voltage checks. Caution, there will 110 vac present there. Ralph At 12:40 AM 3/6/2006 +0000, you wrote: >My icemaker, which has been performing great for years, suddenly >stopped. It started out when I turned the unit on, got freezing cold >and then it got warm and made the sound of the ice mechanism turning >out ice. Now, the compressor and fan will not come on. is there a >hidden fuse somewhere? I have never pulled the unit out to explore. >Your thoughts would be appreciated. Ernie-83pt40 in Louisiana > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Safe travels, Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm SPONSORED LINKS Recreational vehicles Wanderlodge Automotive maintenance Recreational vehicle dealer Used recreational vehicles Automotive radiators --------------------------------- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "WanderlodgeForum" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: WanderlodgeForum-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] U-line icemaker - erniecarpet@... - 03-05-2006 19:25 thanks, ralph, will move those fingers today. ernie-83pt40 in louisiana [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] U-line icemaker - erniecarpet@... - 03-05-2006 19:27 Thanks, Bob. I'll post the results later today. ernie [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] U-line icemaker - Ernest Ekberg - 03-06-2006 11:22 Thanks to all that responded. I made sure the fingers in the icemaking section did their cycle and that did the trick. ernie-83pt40 in louisiana, making ice as I type