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Fixed the ice maker again
(lemmy.nz)
Not too long after I replaced the fan, another part decided to fail. I thought it was the pump at first but after replacing that and it still not working, I was pretty stumped.
I did some YouTube research and found out that the moter that drives the basket to dump the ice out and store the water inside uses two limit switches. The one pictured is the one that's busted.
I forgot to take a photo of it after fixing everything up (was honestly very excited to have figured it out and fix it again) but after replacing the switch, it started making ice again!
Cost me about $20 total, 14 for the pump and 6 for some limit switches which I could've gotten cheaper but wanted the faster shipping to get this done. Happy GF, happy me.
It's nice to see that some things are still repairable at reasonable cost. I recently had 12 month old cook-top and oven both fail at about the same time. Technician came. The cook-top was irreparable. I had to replace it. The oven was repaired by replacing the monolithic control/display unit and the power control board: which was just about everything functional in the oven, other than some wires, the heating elements and a fan, light and thermostat in the oven box. Fortunately both units still under warranty, so it didn't cost me too much, but out of warranty, it would have been a few thousand. And even the technician couldn't get any information other than a list of replacement parts. It's all proprietary, custom parts.
Ikr? I think these machines just have been lucky to not get more complex than they need to be. All the tooling for manufacturing is done and sorted and likely won't be touched cause its easier to keep selling these things with cheap parts so they break easy. As soon as the compressor dies though, I think I'll be done with it.
That cook top sounds like my own personal hell lol. I'd probably spend a while trying to fix it and end up buying a whole new one anyways.