In this house we don’t need ice: we don’t use ice. We had to wait weeks for our previous fridge because we ordered it without an ice-maker. Ice-makers break.
This time, we just decided we’d keep the ice-maker but turn it off. (They hum away trying to make ice, otherwise, deluded things, even if there’s no water line hooked up.)
After timing how far apart the hums came (45 seconds) and doing some research, and watching one complicated YouTube video, I felt that I was equipped to follow the multi-step process to shut off the humming ice-maker.
I opened the freezer to review the situation and saw the answer was obvious.
2 responses to “TWIL: How to disable a Kenmore ice-maker”
For once, an appliance manufacturer makes it easy to operate. Also, I am betting if it were ours, my husband would not be able to see this diagram at all.
Do they really hum even if the water isn’t hooked up? That’s just pointless.
CHM – Well Whirlpool says this: “You may hear a humming or pulsating sound if your refrigerator’s ice maker isn’t connected to the water supply, but the water valve is still opening and closing. Check that the ice maker is turned off if your refrigerator isn’t connected to a water supply.”
I mean how about it senses it isn’t connected and then the valve doesn’t open? Seems like that would be better. Does it have to be sentient to feel the water?.