You may recall that I was having stove problems. Nothing has changed. Farmer H bought a thermometer to check and see if the built-in oven thermostat is working right. But it sits on the counter. I'm not doing the experimenting. That's Farmer H's job!
Now FRIG II's icemaker is on the fritz. I have been telling Farmer H about it for at least five days. From the very first day I noticed. It had been in a frenzy, making lots and lots of ice, which was just fine with me. It would stop when that little lever thingy was resting on the pile of ice built up in the bin. When I'd use ice, the lever would go down, and a new batch of ice would form and be spilled out.
I told Farmer H that the icemaker didn't seem to be working. He grunted. Didn't do anything. I told him a couple times on each of the next few days. He would swear that he just heard a batch of ice dump out. Since there was still a supply of ice in the bin, it was hard to tell. But I did NOT hear the usual humming and grinding and popping noises that the icemaker emits.
Finally I took out the bin on Friday evening, and chopped out a small iceberg, and returned the usable cubes to the bin. Grumbling all the while about how I guessed I'd just buy a bag of ice every day to put in the bin. I'd done that before when there was a malfunction. Farmer H came to the kitchen about an hour later, and peered into the freezer. He said he would go by Lowe's on his way home Saturday evening, and get a new filter. I think that's what he did before to fix the problem.
Farmer H asked if I was still able to get water out of the door spout, because if I could, the filter wasn't the problem. No. I don't get my water out of the freezer door, but out of the kitchen faucet. Did Farmer H try to get water, to see if it worked? Nope. I guess he's just going to put in a new filter anyway. I hope that's the issue. We DO have hard water and no water softener. So very likely it could be mineral deposits in the filter.
I never want a fridge with an icemaker, I barely use ice anyway, so the old fashioned ice trays in the freezer would do me just fine. I hope the new filter fixes the problem. Then you could nudge him in the direction of the stove thermometer, a good hard nudge with your cane perhaps.
ReplyDeleteRiver,
DeleteI use ice all the time, though not as much as when I was having a daily 44 oz Diet Coke to take to my dark basement lair. I always had a cup of ice to add to it as the day went on, plus a cup of ice water. Now I use it in my metal water bottle, in Farmer H's Wild Turkey, and in a red Solo cup with some of my Diet Shasta Cola.
We got a new filter. The story is coming up... My cane is out in the garage in A-Cad, but I could easily bring it inside when I get home from a scratches trip!