Pls forgive what is probably a dumb question.
Jump start whirlpool ice maker.
1988 1990 wards appliance tech.
To manually start a cycle either grasp the ejector and rotate upward cw fr.
From there a jumper wire would be needed to jump from pin t to pin h on the ice maker motor cover would be removed.
My kitchenaid side by side refrigerator freezer has this ice maker and has the ice bucket mounted on the inside of the freezer door.
The following procedure may be helpful when trying to manually start an idi ice.
Make sure the ice bin is on the door the idi slide is on and both doors are.
Manually starting an idi ice maker.
Shut off arm down and the freezer is cold below 15 f.
Try that first before attempting to replace water valve behind fridge.
1990 2001 sears appliance tech.
Test points l n will verify 120 volts to ice maker module.
1 thought on manually starting the harvest cycle in the whirlpool built modular icemaker rjbourassa january 28 2011 at 1 57 pm.
Now insert one end of your jumper wire in the hole marked t insert the other end in the hole marked h.
Jump test points t to h.
Ice maker module test for whirlpool icemaker.
I have a video showing you how to jumpstart your ice maker.
Make sure the ice sensing bail has clearance to raise lower during this test cycle.
If that does not fix it.
Once the jumper wire is in place the icemaker should start going through the cycle after about 10 seconds or so you can take the jumper wire out.
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Appliance repair school 1987 1988 star appliance tech.
Make sure your test probes go into the test points 1 2 test points t h will verify if the bimetal thermostat is open or closed.
Jump start ice maker whether your kenmore ice bin is empty or your whirlpool ice maker is not dumping ice you will want to jump start the ice maker to see if your reparation work was fruitful.
This will force the ice maker into a harvest mode if the ice maker is receiving 120vac and the jumper wire would need to be removed once the rake arms reach the 6 o clock position.
Ice maker must be plugged in to the refrigerator.
The icemaker should continue through the cycle.
