Amana Refrigerator Refrigerator User Manual


 
The Ice 'N Water Dispenser (cont.)
WATER SUPPLY
ARM
SHUT-OFF ARM
EXTENSION
BIN
AUGER
WATER DISPENSER
BAR
DISPENSER
BAR
FIGURE 21
How the Ice Dispenser Works
Safety. All the ice making and dis-
pensing mechanisms are enclosed
within their own compartment for
safety and for maximum storage
space in the freezer sections.
Whenever the freezer door is opened,
the ice dispenser mechanism is inter-
rupted. This prevents the dispensing
of ice and also insures that you can
service the ice bucket with complete
safety.
Water is automatically measured
into the ice maker. When the water
freezes, a sensor initiates the ejector
blades that dump the cubes into the
U-shaped Harvester Bin, where they
are held in storage for delivery. When
you push the Dispenser Bar, a large
auger gently, but firmly, moves
cubes from the bin. See Figure 2!.
You should remove the bin and
empty the contents:
IMPORTANT
" After the first few harvests of ice have
been made by a newly installed unit.
THIS tS ESSENTIAL, It allows all
impurities in the line to be flushed out
before use.
If you are going to be gone for
longer than a week, empty the
storage bin of all ice cubes and
raise the ice maker control arm.
This will prevent the cubes from
freezing into a mass around the
ice auger.
if the ice cubes become frozen to
each other and around the ice
auger.
* if the ice cubes become frozen
together on the back ledge of the
ice bin, periodic cleaning of the
ice bin may alleviate this
occurrence. Clean with warm
water and dry before replacing
bin. Do not use an ice pick to
break apart ice.
ice maker control arm. The
wire control arm on the automatic
ice maker has 2 functions:
1, Normal Operation: thewire
arm isin the down position;ice will be
made. As the bin fillsthe arm willraise,
Ice production will automatically stop
when the bin is full. See Figure22.
AUTOMATIC SHUT.OFF ARM
' _.O.MALOPE.ATIO.
THE WIRE I_ IN DOWN POSITION
)-,=P--SHUtOFF ARM
EXTENSION
FIGURE 22
2.
To stop ice production or to
remove the ice bin: Take h01d
of wire arm near black housing,
and lift up. There will be an
audible "click" when ice maker
shuts off. The wire arm stays in
the upper position. See Figure
23. As long as the arm is in this
position, ice will not be made.
The unit will continue to
dispense cubes from the ice bin
until all have been used.
..... J TO STOP THE
ICE MAKER
FIGURE 23
To remove ice bin assembly: Lift
up the ice bin assembly 1/4", then
pull out.
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