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General Boards => Technical Support => Topic started by: John Ziomek on May 30, 2020, 06:07:31 PM
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Howdy fellow Beaverites...
Through the generosity of the knowledge provided by fellow members I recently was able to isolate an electrical issue we were having.
The problem turned out to be the icemaker in our Dometic frig, when plugged in after a few minutes it would trip the breaker, unplugged and problem resolved...lol
Been scouring the internet for possible solutions to trying to troubleshoot the icemaker......nothing on troubleshooting....just replacement.....if you can find one.
My question to those of you who have gone through this`: try and repair? If so, where to start. Or replace?
Any suggestions/advice greatly appreciated.
FYI... one of our knowledgeable members, Joel, has already reached out to me with reference to a video on how to replace....thanks Joel, much appreciated!!!
Let me know what you did.....
JZ
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John,
If it were me, I'd pull the existing unit and see if I could repair it. With it tripping the breaker, it's probably something obvious (good news) but also probably fatal if the short cooked something (bad news). In any case, if you can't fix it you had to remove it anyway. You might want to check with the various RV salvage yards for a replacement before hitting ebay, etc. FYI, my wife and I seldom use our ice maker as we fill the container up with a bag of ice on departure. That way I don't have to worry about water damage when the water line develops a leak.
Steve
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John, here is the sequence of events and probable cause:
1- built in thermostat determines that there is ice in the harvester
2- the mold heater is activated and the motor starts to rotate the harvester fingers
3- the mold heater has caused the ice cubes to loosen just enough to move
4- the bail wire arm has lifted to clear the fingers to push the ice out into a container
5- just as fingers stop moving, water solenoid opens for 5 seconds to refill tray
6- bail wire arm has returned to harvest position. If ice has prevented the arm from lowering, harvesting is discontinued.
If there is no ice in the cube mold and the sequence has begun, the mold heater can overheat and eventually cause a short between the heating element and the mold casting. You can ohm check the heater lead to ground to prove the failure.
I'm with Steve, a bag of ice in the storage bin far cheaper than a new harvester assembly. hope this helps, Fred