Make ice thenfull shuts off anddoes not come on ice starts melting

can you disconnect the pipe at the furnace end easily ? if so i'd do that and then you can melt the ice and the melt will not run into furnace, don't know how to stop it happening again apart from having furnace running all the time

First, clean out ice in ice bin by removing bin and rinsing water over it to melt ice. The remelting and freezing of your ice is probably not to refreezing but probably do to your water solenoid valve not completely shutting after the fill cycle and spilling over into bin and then freezing. Take your model number to searspartsdirect.com and you should find your solenoid water valve on the water circuit diagram.

Sounds like you could have a bad mother board. Very common problem with the GE models. It will shut compressor off, than everything starts to melt, then it comes back on. Replace main control board and it should resolve your issue.

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There is defrost heater which comes on in defrost cycle. defrost heater stays on certain time(lets say 15 min), but lets think it came on to defrost and melted all ice of the coils during 5 min, but we still have 10 more min design for heater to stay on. if heater will stay another 10 min it will warm up your stuff in the freezer, so everything will start to melt. to get around this, all freezers have limit thermostat(defrost thermostat), when that thermostat feels heat from heater, it will shut power off to the heater, so it still in defrost cycle, but heater will be off for another 10 min. When that thermostat get stuck in closed position(does not shut power to the heater when all ice melted out), you will have defrost overheat. so most likely that defrost thermostat needs to be replaced. here is the video how i replaced it on subzero pro series.

Is the bin drain line and dump drain line tied together. If so then it is melting ice from the bin. now when ice machine starts up it will dump the old water in sump tray so it will be fresh water during new freeze cycle.

Do you see any ice buildup on the back wall of the freezer or behind it?

The only thing that keeps the ice cold is the ice itself. If the icemaker isn't making ice fast enough then the ice will melt before more ice drops to keep it cold. In other words the motor ice the slower the ice melts. Now if the door gasket isn't sealing properly then the ice could melt to fast. Also the ice is going to melt some and when it does the water has got to drain out the bottom. If the water doesn't drain the ice will be sitting in water and will speed up the melting process dramatically. I hope this helps!

A refrigerator must defrost 2 - 3 times a day. It does this via the automatic defrost cycle. When the cycle starts alll motors shut off and there is a heating element that is in the evaporator / freezer section of your unit. That heating element melts the ice until the 60 Deg F bi-metal thermostat cycles and terminated the automatic defrost cycle. During the defrost cycle is is normal to hear a hissing sound as the melting ice drips on the heating element assy. Addiionally you may hear coolant gurgles as the unit shuts off to start the defrost cycle and the coolant system equalizes the internal pressures between the pressure and return lines. Again another normal sound. If your unit did not stop to defrost 2 - 3 times a day in a matter of 3 to 4 days you would have a large block of ice in the back of your freezer section and the evaporator fan blades would be hitting that ice block. The freezer would say cool yet probably no longer make ice. Also the fresh food compartment would start warming up. Hopefully this resolves your concerns. If you need more assistance just respond to this post and I will help you.

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make a few quick checks. If there are water filters on the system, be sure they are not restricked. Could be clogged. Next, check the bin stat. It usually is mounted in the ice bin. If it breaks or goes bad, it shuts down the machine. Start there and let me know if I can be of any further help.

sounds like drain in freezer is clogged and has iced over

so when unit goes into defrost water leaks into freezer bottom and freezes

you can either shut off fridge for a day and let ice in drain melt
and hopefully clear line

or u can take back cover off freezer section pour hot water in drain pan and make sure drain hole is cleared and draining down to pan