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In my quest to continue to keep our ice machine running. I have
spoken on several occaisions with U-line.

The last time the machine decided not to work properly I removed the
ice mold itself. Man was I suprised! What a mess. Now you should know
the mold had been replaced only three years ago. The problem was that
the "fingers" had come out of the bearing in the back and caused the
machine to "stick" in the heat cycle to remove the ice. So I removed
the entire unit..man was there lets just call it "stuff" in the mold.

Apparently, the mold is made from a cast metal and covered by a green
rubber/silicone stuff. This covering was pulling away from the cast
and causing some "stuff" to form while the machine was not used.
Lemme tell ya..I would never use ice from this thing. I called U-line
and asked about it and was told that what is happening the standing
water is causing the coating to pull away from the metal.
Hmmm..really? What they said was to try and empty the water before
letting it sit for any period of time. Hmmm again..what did they say
and how am I gonna do that?

So.. I went to the local bldg supply and got a 1/4 turn on off valve
and now what we do is on our way home I shut the water off to the
machine. I continues to run until allll the water/ice is gone from
the mold. We then shut the machine down upon arriving home and open
the door, and place some towels inside to soak up the water then wipe
it down. This is while we unpack the coach. I hope this works..PLEASE
do not look at the mold if you do not want to see the enviornment in
which your ice machine is holding water...yuck...

Hope this helps

Scott B
86FC35
SC

Don't use anti-freeze in the icemaker.

- Jeff Miller
in Holland, MI


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott"
wrote:
>
> In my quest to continue to keep our ice machine running. I have
> spoken on several occaisions with U-line.
>
> The last time the machine decided not to work properly I removed
the
> ice mold itself. Man was I suprised! What a mess. Now you should
know
> the mold had been replaced only three years ago. The problem was
that
> the "fingers" had come out of the bearing in the back and caused
the
> machine to "stick" in the heat cycle to remove the ice. So I
removed
> the entire unit..man was there lets just call it "stuff" in the
mold.
>
> Apparently, the mold is made from a cast metal and covered by a
green
> rubber/silicone stuff. This covering was pulling away from the
cast
> and causing some "stuff" to form while the machine was not used.
> Lemme tell ya..I would never use ice from this thing. I called U-
line
> and asked about it and was told that what is happening the
standing
> water is causing the coating to pull away from the metal.
> Hmmm..really? What they said was to try and empty the water before
> letting it sit for any period of time. Hmmm again..what did they
say
> and how am I gonna do that?
>
> So.. I went to the local bldg supply and got a 1/4 turn on off
valve
> and now what we do is on our way home I shut the water off to the
> machine. I continues to run until allll the water/ice is gone from
> the mold. We then shut the machine down upon arriving home and
open
> the door, and place some towels inside to soak up the water then
wipe
> it down. This is while we unpack the coach. I hope this
works..PLEASE
> do not look at the mold if you do not want to see the enviornment
in
> which your ice machine is holding water...yuck...
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Scott B
> 86FC35
> SC
>

That a good point Jeff, I have never used anti-freeze in that line. U-
line told me that standing water causes the coating to pull away and
it would be best to not have water standing.

ScottB
86FC35
SC

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Miller"
wrote:
>
> Don't use anti-freeze in the icemaker.
>
> - Jeff Miller
> in Holland, MI
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott"
> wrote:
> >
> > In my quest to continue to keep our ice machine running. I have
> > spoken on several occaisions with U-line.
> >
> > The last time the machine decided not to work properly I removed
> the
> > ice mold itself. Man was I suprised! What a mess. Now you should
> know
> > the mold had been replaced only three years ago. The problem was
> that
> > the "fingers" had come out of the bearing in the back and caused
> the
> > machine to "stick" in the heat cycle to remove the ice. So I
> removed
> > the entire unit..man was there lets just call it "stuff" in the
> mold.
> >
> > Apparently, the mold is made from a cast metal and covered by a
> green
> > rubber/silicone stuff. This covering was pulling away from the
> cast
> > and causing some "stuff" to form while the machine was not used.
> > Lemme tell ya..I would never use ice from this thing. I called U-
> line
> > and asked about it and was told that what is happening the
> standing
> > water is causing the coating to pull away from the metal.
> > Hmmm..really? What they said was to try and empty the water
before
> > letting it sit for any period of time. Hmmm again..what did they
> say
> > and how am I gonna do that?
> >
> > So.. I went to the local bldg supply and got a 1/4 turn on off
> valve
> > and now what we do is on our way home I shut the water off to the
> > machine. I continues to run until allll the water/ice is gone
from
> > the mold. We then shut the machine down upon arriving home and
> open
> > the door, and place some towels inside to soak up the water then
> wipe
> > it down. This is while we unpack the coach. I hope this
> works..PLEASE
> > do not look at the mold if you do not want to see the enviornment
> in
> > which your ice machine is holding water...yuck...
> >
> > Hope this helps
> >
> > Scott B
> > 86FC35
> > SC
> >
>