eHow launches Android app: Get the best of eHow on the go.
How to Refinish Hardwood Floors
Restoring Hardwood Floors
How Do Refrigerators Work?
How Do Refrigerator Ice Makers Work?
How to Fix a Refrigerator
How to Fix a Dishwasher That Will Not Drain
How to Operate a Microwave Oven
How to Use a Microwave
How to Measure for Curtains
Home Remedies for Removing Rust From Tools
Home Remedies to Remove Rust
How to Make a Rust Remover
Removing Rust
Removing Rust From Hand Tools
Removing Rust From Pocket Knives
Removing Rust From Stainless Steel
Removing Rust From Steel
Removing Rust From Tools
Removing Rust Naturally
HVAC Troubleshooting
How to Get Rust Off of a Saw
Using Steel Wool
How to Adjust Your Thermostat
How to Hang a Heavy Wall Mirror
Hanging Heavy Objects on Walls
Ceramic Tile Cleaning Tips
Best Way to Hang a Mirror
A refrigerator ice maker works by using a connected water supply to automatically dispense enough water fo… More
An ice maker works by taking water from a water line to fill a mold, freezing it and heating it just enoug… More
A refrigerator ice maker has a valve that fills a tray with water until it's frozen, at which point a set … More
Learn tips for evaluating ice production in refrigerators in this free home appliance video.… More
Having an ice maker is a wonderful convenience, but when it stops working it can be terribly inconvenient.… More
There are many things that can go wrong with a Kenmore refrigerator ice maker. Your ice maker may be leak… More
We don't typically think about the procedure required to form ice. However, behind this seemingly simple … More
Snow cone machines have ice shavers, so blenders with ice shaver options can sometimes be used in place of… More
Snow cone machines can be used on a counter top at home, a kiosk at a mall or amusement park, any portable… More
Summary: A refrigerator ice maker works by using a connected water supply to automatically dispense enough water for filling an ice tray, and then calculating when the ice is ready to be dispensed, based on how the ice expands. Learn how a motor in the ice maker rotates to push the ice out of the tray with information from a remodeling contractor and home repair specialist in this free video on appliances.
Tim Gipson is a home repair specialist and remodeling contractor in Nashville, Tenn. He holds a MST and BS from Middle Tennessee University. Gipson is insured, licensed and bonded with...read more
"Hi I'm Tim Gipson, I'm going to talk to you about how a refrigerator ice makers work. Now ice makers work automatically based on a cycle. If you have water that's available where your refrigerator is located, there's a thin tube that's attached to a valve that comes in to the back of the refrigerator that supplies water into the refrigerator. Then up top here, you have your ice maker which is simply a tray and inside the ice maker mechanism, you have an automatic faucet that turns on and off. So what it does when the ice tray is empty, it'll turn on and it will dispense just enough water to fill up the tray inside the ice maker. Now after the ice is frozen and because it expands, there's an indicator in there and there's a time cycle which tells it that that ice is ready to be dispensed. Then what it does is it activated a motor in here and rotates these finger-like devices. And these finger-like devices will actually rotate, turn around and it will push the ice out of the tray that's built in and into your hopper. So in this case, we've got ice in the door here and so as this, as these fingers cycles around, then it pops the ice cube out and places it into the tray. And then the water dispenses and it repeats. So that's how a ice maker works. So I'm Tim Gipson talking to you about a refrigerator ice maker."
eHow Article: How Do Refrigerator Ice Makers Work?
Copyright © 1999-2009 eHow, Inc. Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the eHow Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. en-US Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License.
