U Tube Ice Maker repair

[Jerry Carr]

On are last outing to Toppenish, WA we had the ice make stop making ice, on the return to home I thought about putting in a new unit. Bill Sprague offer to lend me some help in trouble shooting the problem. I just had a problem getting the darn thing out of the freezer section (we have a whirlpool residential S/S) 
Bill suggested we get to U Tube to see if we could find some help. Yahoo, we found a very good Video that give us a step by step removal. Once we got it out I found the problem was just a frozen water funnel. I pulled the ice out and one hour later the ice started dropping.

Thanks Bill and U Tube. 

[Joel Ashley]

I imagine residential ones are like our RV ice makers, in that if we unplug, break camp, and travel just after the unit cycles and fills with water, before it can get frozen in the tray some gets splashed onto surrounding parts and freezes there.  Part of break camp routine for us is turning off the electric side of the fridge (ice maker) an hour or two before hitting the road, or the night before.  Since they say residentials can hold cold for quite awhile, I guess turning them off entirely while on the highway would be okay, or having an easy-access water shutoff valve in the icemaker line.

Joel