r/appliancerepair • u/YYZ_Raptors • 4d ago

Whirlpool Icemaker help

I'm trying to understand my icemaker ( D7824706Q) and hope someone can help me trouble shoot. I replaced this around 4 months ago and it worked well for a couple of months. https://www.reliableparts.ca/product/Ice-Maker-D7824706Q

Now it doesn't work for around 3 weeks, then all of the sudden starts to work.

  1. Any ideas?
  2. Is the gear supposed to always be turning, or only when it reaches a certain temperature to get the cycle rolling.
  3. I've been toying around with the lever a lot as that would be the obvious place to look, but it looks like it isn't the problem. On the external side of the lever, (part visible from door.) I can see that it is engaging the switch properly.

Thank you,

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u/858adam 3d ago

Your corrected model number is KBFS25EVMS3

I'm assuming it's down in the freezer. If you can jump the ice maker and watch it do a full Revolution but no ice cubes come out then you don't have any water coming to the ice maker. When it's done with the revolution it's supposed to take water in for the next batch of ice cubes

You can simulate this by jumping L-V on the ice maker

If it fills with water doing LV jumper then you have an ice maker issue. If you don't get water jumping out to V then you have a water supply issue

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u/Accomplished_Essay93 4d ago

Is your refrigerator a French door? What's the model number

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u/YYZ_Raptors 4d ago

Kbf525evm53. Yes. French door with freezer under

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u/Regular_Government22 4d ago

It will only turn when the thermostat is satisfied. You can test the function by putting a jumper wire between the T and H ports. When not cycling, the blue line will be in the bottom right(for some reason I thought it was bottom left but I think I'm just losing it). Once it starts rotating,listen for the click and you can pull the jumper out and it should keep rotating. You may need to hold down the door switch to allow power to the icemaker depending on your fridge model. If it cycles fine with the jumper, I'd just make sure the door switch isn't working intermittently (press and depress and make sure the light is turning on and off appropriately.). Those icemaker aren't the greatest.

Careful with the jumper wire. It will be energized once you plug into the terminals.

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u/YYZ_Raptors 4d ago

Thank you, that's helpful. I'm going to try that. Which other tests should I do with jumper wires?

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u/Regular_Government22 4d ago

That's the only way to do it with this one. You jump the thermostat T to the heater H and it starts the motor(thinking that the ice cubes have been formed). The other letters are Line-Neutral-Valve. If you start just sticking jumpers in you might run into a problem. Lol

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u/YYZ_Raptors 3d ago

Ok. It cycled. Now I just wait to see if it will make ice. Any other tips?

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u/Regular_Government22 3d ago

If it keeps stalling I'd be looking atbreplacing the icemaker. Is this the one in the bottom freezer and the door switch is at the roof of the freezer. French doors up top?

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u/YYZ_Raptors 3d ago

Yup. It’s that one

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u/Regular_Government22 3d ago

I did struggle with one a few years ago. The white plastic on top of the door had deformed and wasn't always depressing the switch completely. I taped a piece of cardboard on it where it would press the switch further in for testing purposes. That resolved it. The insulation must've formed a void and the plastic deformed over a couple years. Replacing the door fixed it. The cardboard would've been likely as effective, but not as aesthetically pleasing. Worth checking if it starts going intermittent again.

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u/Shadrixian The parts guy 3d ago

Actually, there are additional tests, but T-H is generally the best go-to method.

You can test the heater without waiting by jumping the pins, same with the valve. It's not going to damage anything. That's also how you do voltage readings too.

But in OPs case, just the T-H works.

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u/Regular_Government22 3d ago

That's where I always start. I try not to jump the valve because they operate at like 89vac or something. I don't want the 120 to be the straw that breaks the camels back. Lol. Not trying to burn ops hand either. Too many times that damn heater has gotten me.

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u/Accomplished_Essay93 4d ago

Ice maker motor gets 120 vac once the door is closed. For some reason I can't pull up Canadian models but it's the same principle. Power cycle the unit at breaker for like 30 seconds to reset. Open door then press door switch while watching ice maker. It should cycle

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u/YYZ_Raptors 3d ago

What does 120 vac mean?

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u/Accomplished_Essay93 3d ago

Sorry it's 120 Volts Alternating Current.