If your freezer has an arm lever, make sure it's pushed down. If the arm is up, your ice maker won't make any new ice.
Raise the feeler arm (metal rod) to turn the icemaker off. Lower the feeler arm (metal rod) to turn the icemaker on.
To turn ON the icemaker, lower the feeler arm to the ON (down) position. To turn OFF the icemaker, raise the feeler arm to the STOP (up) position.
The bar should be down to make ice. Up if you would like it to stop making ice.
If the icemaker arm won't go down on it's own, something is sticking in the head of the icemaker. You can try to heat up the icemaker with a hair dryer in case ice or frost build up has worked it's way inside and isn't allowing the arm to drop down completely without help.
If your freezer has an arm lever, make sure it's pushed down. If the arm is up, your ice maker won't make any new ice.
If the arm is locked in the "up" position, firmly press down on the arm to lower it. If the arm will not lower, do not force it, as it could break the arm.
Various studies show that because floating ice is made of fresh water, it actually increases sea level slightly when it melts into the salty sea – unlike what happens in your water glass. A floating object, like an iceberg or other sea ice, displaces its own weight in water.
Make Sure the Power Is ON
Tip: For icemakers with an ON/OFF switch on the icemaker, there will be a slide switch (side to side for on/off) or a toggle switch (up and down for on/off). You can see ON and OFF with slide switch icemakers.
NOTE: Your ice maker has an automatic shutoff. As ice is made, the ice cubes will fill the ice storage bin, and the ice cubes will raise the wire shutoff arm to the OFF (arm up) position. Do not force the wire to shut off the arm up or down.
SHOULD YOU LEAVE YOUR ICE MAKER ON ALL THE TIME? Most ice makers can be left on all the time in order to ensure that you always have a fresh supply of ice.
Water at 0°C is less dense and consequently lighter than water at a higher temperature. As a result, it will float on the warmer water. So, a water body will start freezing from the top.
The warm, less dense air rises while the cooler, more dense air sinks down. At home you may ask, “Does cold air rise or sink?”. The answer is cold air sinks. As a higher temperature occurs in your home the cold air sinks and compresses the air and heats slowly.
Thus, solid ice has a higher volume and takes up more space than liquid water. Keep in mind that ice might not always float in other fluids, like air, alcohol, etc. if it has a greater density.
If you don't hear a chime, but you can see movement from the ice maker, then the ice maker was reset. If you don't hear a chime and there is no movement from the ice maker, unplug the fridge or turn it off at the circuit breaker for 2 minutes. Then, power it back up and try again.
This will be located at the bottom of the ice maker unit in most models, but in some, it is at the bottom of the ice tray itself. Press the button down until you hear a beep sound. It will require a few seconds of holding it down before it beeps. Your refrigerator ice maker is now reset!
To be sure the control arm is the problem, do a full Frigidaire ice maker reset. Depending on your model, you can perform a hard reset on your ice maker using the control panel. Hold the on/off button until the LED is red. Wait a couple of minutes and then hold the same button until it's green.
The control board sends voltage to the ice maker motor to rotate the motor. It also sends voltage to the water valve to fill the ice maker. Of course the ice maker water valve is separate of the water valve that delivers water to the dispenser in the door.