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Troubleshooting guide – Avanti IM20SS User Manual

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10

PROBLEMS

WITH

YOUR

ICE

MAKER?


YOU

CAN

SOLVE

MANY

COMMON

ICE

MAKER

PROBLEMS

EASILY,

SAVING

YOU

THE

COST

OF

A

POSSIBLE

SERVICE

CALL.

TRY

THE

SUGGESTIONS

BELOW

TO

SEE

IF

YOU

CAN

SOLVE

THE

PROBLEM

BEFORE

CALLING

THE

SERVICER.

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE

PROBLEM

POSSIBLE

CAUSE

ICE

MAKER

DOES

NOT

OPERATE.

NOT

PLUGGED

IN.

THE

CIRCUIT

BREAKER

TRIPPED

OR

A

BLOWN

FUSE.

THE

ICE

MAKER

POWER

SWITCH

IS

SET

AT

"0FF".

NOT

PRODUCING

ICE

AIRFLOW

TO

FRONT

GRILL

BLOCKED.

THE

ICE

MAKER

ARM

IS

SET

TO

THE

OFF

POSITION.
WATER

SUPPLY

IS

TURNED

OFF.

WATER LINE IS CRIMPED.
ICE MAKER HAS EXCESSIVE FROST BUILD
UP.

COMPRESSOR

TURNS

ON

AND

OFF

FREQUENTLY.

THE

ROOM

TEMPERATURE

IS

HOTTER

THAN

NORMAL.
THE

DOOR

IS

OPENED

TOO

OFTEN.

THE

DOOR

IS

NOT

CLOSED

COMPLETELY.

THE

DOOR

GASKET

DOES

NOT

SEAL

PROPERLY.
THE

ICE

MAKER

DOES

NOT

HAVE

THE

CORRECT

CLEARANCES.

VIBRATIONS.

CHECK

TO

ASSURE

THAT

THE

ICE

MAKER

IS

LEVEL.

THE

ICE

MAKER

SEEMS

TO

MAKE

TOO

MUCH

NOISE.

THE

RATTLING

NOISE

MAY

COME

FROM

THE

FLOW

OF

THE

REFRIGERANT,

WHICH

IS

NORMAL.
AS

EACH

CYCLE

ENDS,

YOU

MAY

HEAR

GURGLING

SOUNDS

CAUSED

BY

THE

FLOW

OF

REFRIGERANT

IN

YOUR

ICE

MAKER.

CONTRACTION

AND

EXPANSION

OF

THE

INSIDE

WALLS

MAY

CAUSE

POPPING

AND

CRACKLING

NOISES.

THE

ICE

MAKER

IS

NOT

LEVEL.

THE

DOOR

WILL

NOT

CLOSE

PROPERLY.

THE

ICE

MAKER

IS

NOT

LEVEL.

THE

DOOR

IS

REVERSED

AND

NOT

PROPERLY

INSTALLED.

THE

GASKET

IS

DIRTY.

THE

BUCKET

IS

OUT

OF

POSITION.

ICE

CUBES

ARE

MELTED

TOGETHER

ICE

MAKER

DOOR

IS

OPENED

TOO

OFTEN.