No water to ice maker after loss of city water supply

Either valve solenoid supplying water to ice maker is bad, or supply tube to ice maker is frozen(which is typically caused by leaky water valve), or ice maker is bad.

Hallo

1:At the back of the Fridge at the bottom there will be a water inlet splitting up in two separate pipes, each supplying a solenoid.
2:Trace the pipes from there and see witch pipe flows into the Freezer(usually its the one on the right hand side).
3:Now turn the fridge of and place your hand one the solenoid and turn it on, you are suppose to feel a bit of a shock(kick) witch tells you it opens up and can supply the ice maker with ice.
If it does supply the ice maker then the controller(cycle timer) on the ice maker if faulty and you should order a new controller.
4:If so send me the brand name of the fridge with serial and module number and your country and city and ill get the nearest suppler to you.

Regards

If you have both ice and water stopping you have a water supply issue.

Water enters under city pressure through an eighth inch supply line.

Start simple and work from there.

If the fridge was moved the line can get kinked. Slide the fridge out and check you have water to it. You can loosen the supply line connection just a little and you should see water leaking. If not it is a plumbing issue in the house. Most likely a the supply line is kinked or possibly someone closed the shutoff valve to the fridge.

OK so we have water to the fridge.

Water comes in and connects to a water filter and then to the door.

If the filter is badly clogged it can cause low pressure to the door and that would cause the problem. Check the filter.

If no go still then check where the water is stopping.

Remove the from cover from under the unit. That is the plastic grate at the bottom of the fridge. It will just pull off but be gentle and take your time so as not to break anything.

Water supply will run through a clear plastic hose. It runs to the filter then to the bottom of the freezer door and up through the door.

You can sometimes see where the water has stopped and clear or replace parts as needed.

There is a connection just before entering the door from the filter. You can loosen that to see if you have water to that point.

If you have water past the filter the problem is in the ice maker and water supply inside the freezer door. Water can leak here, expand, and crack plastic parts easily.

If there is water to the door then you need to dig into that. This gets a little more complex to describe but in short take the ice maker out and check for water supply or broken parts. The problem is probably before the ice maker as your water in the door is not working. This indicates it is not just the ice maker.

Hope this helps.

Good day,
Possible if creating a serious enough blockage, and you were experiencing a gradual loss of output.
If the failure was abrupt and quick. No. Ice maker, water valve, water supply, fill tube to ice maker iced up, and too warm a freezer, will cause loss of ice maker production.

You need a inline water filter for the ice maker. The city water supply has minerals and dirt in it that clog the fill switch. You can usually clean the switch.

Its best to install an inline water filter on an ice maker because the minerals and dirt that is in the city water supplys. Unfiltered water will clog the water turn on/off valve and it will need to be taken apart and cleaned out.

I had to install a good quality inline filter in the water supply line going to my ice maker. The city water has alot of bad things in it.At least it does here.

its hard to tell but most likely the valve is not closing all the way. but it could be the ice maker calling for too much.... www.whirlpoolpartssurplus.com

Hi: A lot of reverse osmosis systems don't supply enough water pressure to the ice maker to fill. Contact your manufactrue of your reverse osmosis system and see if it works with icemakers. I thind usually the require at least 20-30psi. Or hook your refrigerator to city pressure to see if it works. Also I don't know if you have just an ice maker or a water dispensing side by side, or your water quality. If you just have an icemaker, most chlorine will evaporate before the ice is frozen, any odors in the water will still be there. Good Luck, Jeff

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