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shlomo  
#1 Posted : Monday, November 3, 2008 3:30:35 PM(UTC)
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I have a GE model # GSS25JFPAWW that is 4 years old.

The ice maker works but the water dispensr does not.

I changed the waver valve assembly PN AP3192626 and have 120 vac at the solenoid.

The water reservoir - a coil of plastic pipe - is not frozen.

When I disconnect the plastic pipe at the bottom of the hinge/door connector splice and hit the water dispenser switch - I get a flow of water.

How do I replace and/or fix this now?

Thanks,

Rob
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Gene  
#2 Posted : Tuesday, November 4, 2008 12:54:13 PM(UTC)
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Hi Rob,

Sounds like the water line inside the freezer door is frozen up. Did you measure the temperature in the freezer? If it's bellow 0°F then you have to adjust the temperature setting and wait a few days. If it would not help then the door liner has to be removed to defrost the water line.

Gene.
abadfish66  
#3 Posted : Tuesday, November 4, 2008 1:07:16 PM(UTC)
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GE has a heater kit that addresses this issue. Here is that part you need....Part Details - GE DISPENSER WATER TUBE, part number: WR49X10173
shlomo  
#4 Posted : Tuesday, November 4, 2008 1:41:54 PM(UTC)
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Gene,
Abadfish66,

Thanks much for your input.

In less than a day - turning down the freezer thawed the line and allowed water flow - seems too fast but I'm not complaining.

Thanks again -

Rob
dnl_em  
#5 Posted : Friday, November 7, 2008 12:20:56 PM(UTC)
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Do you have the instructions for installing the water tube heater WR46X10173?
abadfish66  
#6 Posted : Friday, November 7, 2008 12:31:07 PM(UTC)
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It's WR49x10173, and The instructions are included with the part. I personally have not put one in yet, but heard it's pretty easy.
dnl_em  
#7 Posted : Monday, November 17, 2008 6:59:23 AM(UTC)
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I replaced it this weekend. It was really easy.
Thanks for your help.
dnl_em  
#8 Posted : Monday, July 13, 2009 10:56:29 AM(UTC)
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After about 3-4 months, the water tube froze up again. I had read that some have tape insulation on the inside of the freezer door to correct this.
Thinking that this might not look too good, I drilled a 1 1/2 in. hole in the inside of the door at the level where the water tube should be exiting out of the outside of the door. (Just under the ice dispenser chute.)
I dug out the insulation around the water tube, and stuffed it with new foam insulation that I got from some packing material. I plugged the hole with a plastic plug that I got at the local Hardware store.
Let's see if this works any better. So far, so good.
woodchuckie  
#9 Posted : Monday, July 13, 2009 12:49:44 PM(UTC)
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So the heater didn't work. That's the kind of thing we have to do to get by these days. Good idea.
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