We have the typical Dometic side by side reefer with an ice maker in the freezer side. We never use the ice maker and want to remove it so that we have more room for frozen food. O.K. for ice cream.
Has anyone done this? Any suggestions. I have turned off the water but wonder if there is another line that pumps in a coolant tospeed up freezing? I don't want to create a huge problem.
Thanks
Luvglass said
11:34 AM Dec 5, 2009
You'd probably be best off talking to Dometic or a Dometic dealer for guidance.
Footsiebear said
03:21 AM Dec 11, 2009
Gawd I wouldn't give up my icemaker for anything LOL! OTOH, mine is a stand alone unit at the end of my island so it's not compromising freezer space.
Since you've turned the water off to the icemaker, couldn't you just stick the ice cream in the ice bin?
foxriverguy said
08:04 AM Dec 11, 2009
I got it out on my own. It wasn't that difficult
Jim01 said
03:11 PM Dec 11, 2009
Taking the ice maker out shouldn't be a problem as long as you plug up all the holes including any screw holes.
You don't want any air getting in or out of the freezer compartment, and you don't want moisture getting into any insulation behind where the ice maker was installed. I don't know exactly how they're made, but you might need to tape up the electrical connections too to stop moisture from getting in there and causing a short circuit.
Jim
hogans1947 said
10:07 PM Dec 12, 2009
I have been asking my DH for 3 years to remove the icemaker because we don't use it but he says it can't be done. Could you please give some details on how to do it. We also have the Dometic side by side. It is called New Dimension. Store bought ice is my big(?) splurge !! Thank you, Brenda
foxriverguy said
11:18 PM Dec 12, 2009
I will try.
1 -- Shut off water 2 -- Unplug the power cord that supplies electricity to your ice maker. This is located on the back of the fridge and access to the back of your fridge is through the removeable panel on the outside of your RV. There should be two plugs. One supplies electricity to the fridge and the one supplies electrictyto the ice maker. The ice maker plug is probably to the right and on the bottom. But ask your husband to pull one out and if the light inside the fridge stays ON. You got the correct plug out. Call me at 847- four three one two three seven three and I will talk him through it.
I am only slighty mechanically inclined and I got it done. It is too hard to try to write this out and make is easy to follow.
George Stoltz
hogans1947 said
09:27 PM Dec 15, 2009
Thank you for your response. I just read it to DH so we will see what happens Brenda
heyduke said
06:45 PM Dec 20, 2009
... on a side note have any of you installed a stand alone ice maker after you got you rig?
53 Merc said
09:37 AM Dec 21, 2009
heyduke wrote:
... on a side note have any of you installed a stand alone ice maker after you got you rig?
Not exactly. We never had a built in icemaker in the RV. However, we got a portable ice maker as a gift from one of our kids. WOW!!! These things are great. I make ice and transfer it to zipper bags. We keep one bag of ice in the freezer and use ice from the machine on a regular basis. The thing will make about 7 lbs of ice in less than an hour. I placed it in a corner of the underbelly storage area. Easy access for me. Ken
MacGyver said
07:12 PM Jan 22, 2010
Off topic--but where do you get a ggod eal on one of those stand alone countertop icemakers. My small, 2nd hand coach doesn't have a built in in the refer and I definetely will need ice for the tea and occassional ****tail. Any idea of pricing--do the "big Box" stores carry them--or RV specialty places.
JLitton65 said
07:48 AM Jan 23, 2010
I got ours at target, it is a magic chef...we have used the heck out of it. When we camp during the summer it runs 24 hours aa day. You do have to add water and empty the basket, it is not a freezer. Camping World has them too, we have some friends that bought one that is a lot smaller than ours, but then again the basket is smaller and you have to dump it more often.
WE do start with a full cooler of ice before we leave, it would be hard to fill the cooler on a hot day.
We never use the ice maker and want to remove it so that we have more room for frozen food. O.K. for ice cream.
Has anyone done this? Any suggestions. I have turned off the water but wonder if there is another line that pumps in a coolant tospeed up freezing? I don't want to create a huge problem.
Thanks
Since you've turned the water off to the icemaker, couldn't you just stick the ice cream in the ice bin?
You don't want any air getting in or out of the freezer compartment, and you don't want moisture getting into any insulation behind where the ice maker was installed. I don't know exactly how they're made, but you might need to tape up the electrical connections too to stop moisture from getting in there and causing a short circuit.
Jim
Thank you, Brenda
1 -- Shut off water
2 -- Unplug the power cord that supplies electricity to your ice maker. This is located on the back of the fridge and access to the back of your fridge is through the removeable panel on the outside of your RV. There should be two plugs. One supplies electricity to the fridge and the one supplies electrictyto the ice maker. The ice maker plug is probably to the right and on the bottom. But ask your husband to pull one out and if the light inside the fridge stays ON. You got the correct plug out.
Call me at 847- four three one two three seven three and I will talk him through it.
I am only slighty mechanically inclined and I got it done. It is too hard to try to write this out and make is easy to follow.
George Stoltz
Brenda
Ken
WE do start with a full cooler of ice before we leave, it would be hard to fill the cooler on a hot day.