Our water dispenser freezes preventing us from being to getting water although the ice maker seems to be fine. We keep the freezer on the lowest setting but at least 2 or 3 times a week we have to turn it off completely to allow the water line to thaw out.
Aside from being annoying this is the only complaint/problem we have. Any tips or advice on why this keeps happening?
thanks
my ge side by side water dispenser freezes up 4inches from the dispenser the temp fix has been open the freezer door for 20mins then blow out the water line with compressed air. what's the permanent fix?my ge side by side water dispenser freezes up 4inches from the dispenser the temp fix has been open the freezer door for 20mins then blow out the water line with compressed air. what's the permanent fix?
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I have a 3 year old GE GSL25 refrigerator with the water/ice dispenser on the freezer door. Even when setting the freezer at 2 and turning the fridge's lower drawer to the warmer "cheese" setting, the water dispenser line would freeze every few weeks. If you have this problem, first verify that the water filter (back of the fridge) is not clogged and that water flows from the water line at the bottom left corner of the freezer door (disconnect and press water delivery dispenser-see owners manual). I used the hair dryer recommendation to unfreeze the line by heating the flat area of the freezer door directly behind the water dispenser area (~10 min did it). The trick to keep if from freezing up again involved buying a cheap foam sleeping bag mattress (~1/3 inch or 1 cm thick) made of a polyurethane foam (pretty dense). I cut it to match the flat area of the freezer door behind the water dispenser and taped it to the door with packing tape. For the past 3 weeks (even with freezer at #4 setting), my water is flowing freely. Personally, I think this solves a product defect with insufficient insulation in the freezer door near the dispenser water line.
We have had the same problem on a GE Frig. since we got it
10 years ago.We finally came up with a
solution that works in minutes on our model.Using a flexible wire "probe" we determined the blockage was
located about 3 inches from the outlet of the water dispenser.Our idea was to inject warm water against the
icy plug blocking the line.We purchased
a marinade injector used for injecting meat like the one at http://www.kitchenniche.ca/marinade-injector-p-1246.html.The big problem was finding a flexible tube
that would attach to the marinate injector that was small enough to slide
inside the dispenser tube.We finally
took an old mouse, cut the cord about 5 inches long, pulled the wires out of
it, and pushed it on the end of the injector.We fill the injector with hot water from the tap, push the
"tube" into the dispenser until it meets the ice dam, and then start
to slowly inject the warm water.Sometimes it takes two attempts but usually it melds the ice on the
first tube of warm water injected.
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If you pull back the gaskets along the door and see screws you can take the million of them off and move the tubing farther away from the interior door surface along with adding some fiberglass or foam insulation to keep the cold away. Usually what happens is the heating element for that area fails and the tubes freeze up. If your door is a "foamed in place" door without any screws to separate the interior part off the doors exterior then the only thing is to change the whole door for about $320 bucks. Other than that the only way to access a foamed in place door is to actually cut into the plastic interior to reach the tubing, insulate it better, then use the expoxy repair kit to glue the piece back on. Not pretty but cheaper than a new door.
I took some picture wire and inserted it into the water dispenser and heated it up with a blow dryer. After about 6 mins, it started working with no issues.
I fixed mine by leaving the light on the dispenser on. It took about 6 hrs, but the little heat from the light bulb was enough to defrost the water line.
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My water dispensor INSIDE the door froze up. I payed a repair guy $75 to use MY BLOWDRYER to "thaw" the frozen water line INSIDE the freezer door (below the water dispenser).
He said anytime the frozen food extends over the freezer shelf and touches the freezer door for a long enough period of time, the water line inside the door FREEZES!!
PREVENTION: "Keep some airspace between the door and frozen food."
I had this same issue with my GE refrigerator and figured out it is a common problem with these units. The water line freezes up near the dispenser panel. Fortunately, GE has an inexpensive solution, a water line heater, that fixes the problem with little work. Check out my blog post on my ge refrigerator water dispenser not working for complete details.
Your water line could be frozen in the door. You can disconnect the line under the unit before it goes into the door at the bottom hinge. Push the dispenser button and see if it comes out there. If it does leave the door open till it thaws. Covering the opening with a blanket will prevent the loss of cold in the freezer. . GE makes a heater that will prevent this from happening again. The part number for this heater is WR49X10173.
disconnect the line to the water dispenser at the water inlet valve on the back where the water supply comes in and try the dispenser. if you hear the valve work but water doesn't come out, the valve is bad. If you don't hear the valve, the dispenser switch is bad
Try swapping the wires on the dual water inlet valve. It’s on the back where the water supply comes in. Then try the water dispenser. The water should go to the ice maker. This will tell you weather or not the ice maker valve is working and if the line is clear.
The water inlet valve on the back of unit opens when the ice maker needs water. If the valve doesn't seal good because of sediment or wear it will continue to drip and when the water reaches the ice maker supply tube it will freeze blocking the fill tube.. You can take the water line off the valve and watch to see if it drips.
A strainer before the inlet valve can also get stopped up restricting flow.
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Your water line could
be frozen in the door. You can disconnect the line under the unit before it
goes into the door at the bottom hinge. Push the dispenser button and see if it
comes out there. If it does leave the door open
till it thaws. Covering the opening with a blanket will prevent the loss of
cold in the freezer. disconnect
the line to the water dispenser at the water inlet valve on the back where the
water supply comes in and try the dispenser. if you hear the valve work but
water doesn't come out, the valve is bad. If you don't hear the valve, the
dispenser switch is bad. GE makes a heater that will prevent this from
happing again. The part number for this heater is WR49X10173.
I lowered the temp on the freezer to 4 overnight, by morning water dispenser is working fine. I think that when we changed the temp to 7 (in order to make more ice ) it froze the water pipe going to the dispenser. I am going to keep both fridge and freezer at 5 ,and hope this will not happen again.
one possible solution is that the ice maker water valve has failed (solenoid). I would try switching the wires on the water valves and see if water goes into the ice maker when you push the water dispenser button, if it does the valve is ok. If you go this far go ahead and fill the ice maker with water ( about half to two thirds full) switch wiring back as first found and see if maker will freeze and dump ice, if it does ok, if not the problem is probably in the ice maker.
I have the same problem, although mine is intermittent. Apparently it's a problem with the line freezing. For an excellent discussion of the issue, see http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/advice/t-14182.html
my ge side by side water dispenser freezes up 4inches from the dispenser the temp fix has been open the freezer door for 20mins then blow out the water line with compressed air. what's the permanent fix?
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