Ice Maker Wiring Harnes Thermal Fuse
It s a thermal fuse so it s tripped by heat.
Ice maker wiring harnes thermal fuse. I have the tools molex punch out and the know how to do this. Older icemakers don t have them. Edited july 3 2017 by chat in ri. One side of the connectors has 2 wires coming out of it.
On your thermal fuse wiring harness check the continuity. Can just the black wire with the fuse be obtained and replaced alone. The ice maker has gone out. Your appliance may differ depending on the manufacturer.
The ice maker store does not accept returns for misdiagnosed or hit and miss troubleshooting. Make sure that the ice maker module wire harness connection is properly plugged in. The thermal fuse is spliced into the black wire of the ice maker wiring harness. If you happen to have access to whirlpool parts the thermal fuse in a whirlpool ice maker harness should work.
Wire harness contains thermal fuse wpd7813010 ap6014598 made by whirlpool customer support 7 days a week. Please do a basic continuity test on yours before ordering. I tracked it down to the thermal fuse on the wire harness. It is not resettable and if it s blown the ice maker has to be replaced.
Here are the break down diagrams for the whirlpool refrigerator model ed5chqxkt03. If the jumper was left in the t and h contacts too long during a previous test then the thermal fuse for the ice maker module could be blown. This video is intended to give you the general idea of the part replacement procedure. I won t bypass it because it s a safety device.
I have an amana sxs tc18vw. But the question remains why did the thermal fuse open in the first place. The listing is for one new wiring harness 10 5 inches from front to back with the all famous thermal fuse on the black wire. And on the solenoid prungs are marked m and 4b also mark the water lines to the valve.
Try bypassing it for testing. Step by step instructions on how to replace a ice maker wiring harness wpd7813010. If no reading and all the other wires get a reading that s your problem.