Jenn-Air JRTDE228 manual Automatic, rCEMAKER, Sensor, Tube, Starting or Stopping Your, Ice Maker

Starting or Stopping Your	Ice Maker
Yourautomaticicemaker is locatednear the top	AUTOMATIC
of the freezer compartmentbehindthe Ice	rCEMAKER
AccessPanel. To gainaccessto the ice making	/	SENSOR
---mechanism,riftthe ice Access Panel.	p
	I	ARM

The ice maker has a wire sensor arm that is

the mechanismwhen the ice cube storagebin is

full, and restarts it after several ice cubes have connectedto a shut-off switch. This arm stops beenused. You can use the stop armto stop all

productionof ice at any time. All you need to do is raisethe arm into the OFFposition.

The ice maker should be turned off (arm up) when:

1.Icestorage bin is to be removedfor extendedperiod of time.

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_OFF

2.Refrigeratoris not to be used for a considerabletime, suchas vacations. Also,turn off the water supplyto the ice maker in this instance, if practical.

3.Water supply is to be shut-off for several hours.

How the Ice Maker Works

Water fills the empty cube mold (Fig. 1)
to freezingtemperature. Cold air is forced
directly over mold.
when the freezer compartmenthas cooled
When frozen,the cubes are rotatedup and
"-- out of the mold (Fig. 2). The sweeper arm
ejects them into the ice storage bin below.
The sensor arm (Fig. 3) senses when the
bin is full and signals the ice makerto stop
ejecting more cubes.	F_
However, the mold has been refilled and

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TUBE

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cubes frozen so the new supply is ready when needed. As soon as ice is removed

from the bin, the sensor arm signals that more is needed. The ice maker resumes

operation by ejecting ready-and-waiting
frozen cubes.	%	,	_ POSITION

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