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[*] posted on 6-16-2009 at 01:31 PM
Question?? Refrigerator Ice Makers??


Ok, all if you baja engineers, and I know you are out there.

I have a refer that has a built in Ice Make, but I don't have filtered water, just plain ol San Felipe City water. I would like to figure out if it is possible to modiby a jug, lets say 3 gallon water container and connect it to my refer water line to make ice using bottled water. The question:

Do the refers ice makers have a pump to suck the water into them to make ice or is it strickly the water pressure that pushed the water up into the ice maker?

I ask because when the ice make wants to go on it sounds like a pump. However, my buddy thinks it is just a valve that is allowing the warer pressure in and then it shuts the valve after it is full.

What do you thnk?
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[*] posted on 6-16-2009 at 02:08 PM


The noise is the solenoid valve opening to allow water to flow to fill the ice maker. We feed ours from a 5 gallon drinking water jug via a dedicated 12 volt pump. The pump switch is activated when the solenoid valve opens and shuts off when it closes.
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