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HOW ICE MAKERS WORK

Ice Maker For a detailed Ice Maker illustration, click below.

In Freezer
Free Standing
An ice maker is actually a small appliance that resides within your freezer. It's usually independent of the other refrigerator systems and works together with a water-inlet valve in the operation cycle.

Components
Operation cycle
The components of the ice maker include:

  • The ice maker itself includes:


  • The water-fill valve supplies household water to the ice maker. It's on the outside, back of the refrigerator, near the bottom.


Here's how ice makers work:

  • First, the ice maker signals the water-fill valve to open and flow into the ice maker tray the amount of water specified by the internal motor and switch.


  • When the water tray thermostat senses that the tray has reached a certain temperature, it signals the ice maker to begin ejecting the cubes, as follows.


  • When the wire goes all the way back down, the ice maker refills with water and repeats the process.




  
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