Belegedhel
Premium Member
- Model Number
- KSRP25FNSS00
- Brand
- KitchenAid
- Age
- More than 10 years
Fridge suddenly stopped making ice (as they do).
My mother in law was cleaning her fridge, and inadvertently switched the ice maker to the “off” position. Naturally a day or so later, she was confused about not having any ice. So I went to her and checked it out, found the switch in the wrong position, and gave it a flip—easiest repair ever I thought, (antagonizing the Appliance Gods).
Days passed, and no ice appeared. So I visited again. Installed a fresh water filter, confirmed that the water spewing from the water dispenser had plenty of pressure, noted that no water was being delivered to the ice maker. Checked the optical sensor. Two blinks and a pause if the path was not clear, steady red light when the path was clear. Scratched my head a bit…
I referred to the troubleshooting diagram below and went through the checks.
Found that with the optical sensor jumped, I got 120 V across L-N. The clockworks of the ice making assembly ticked right along, but water never came pouring into the assembly (maybe I didn’t wait long enough).
The water valve was reading about 260 ohms.
When the optical sensor was not jumped but the path was clear, I only got 104 V from L-N. Replaced the sensor pair and got the exact same result. Found a burnt/darkened couple of electrodes on the original, but not sure whether that was damage or just some dark schmutz that got on the connection.
So here I am, scratching my head...Any advice?
My mother in law was cleaning her fridge, and inadvertently switched the ice maker to the “off” position. Naturally a day or so later, she was confused about not having any ice. So I went to her and checked it out, found the switch in the wrong position, and gave it a flip—easiest repair ever I thought, (antagonizing the Appliance Gods).
Days passed, and no ice appeared. So I visited again. Installed a fresh water filter, confirmed that the water spewing from the water dispenser had plenty of pressure, noted that no water was being delivered to the ice maker. Checked the optical sensor. Two blinks and a pause if the path was not clear, steady red light when the path was clear. Scratched my head a bit…
I referred to the troubleshooting diagram below and went through the checks.
Found that with the optical sensor jumped, I got 120 V across L-N. The clockworks of the ice making assembly ticked right along, but water never came pouring into the assembly (maybe I didn’t wait long enough).
The water valve was reading about 260 ohms.
When the optical sensor was not jumped but the path was clear, I only got 104 V from L-N. Replaced the sensor pair and got the exact same result. Found a burnt/darkened couple of electrodes on the original, but not sure whether that was damage or just some dark schmutz that got on the connection.
So here I am, scratching my head...Any advice?