09-28-2024, 06:30 PM
For those of us having the older Dometic DN1070 under counter ice maker, my repair guy has a good solution.
If the unit is still cooling, but leaking water, or making bad ice, or no ice, he has a good solution. He identified the ice maker itself as a Whirlpool made item. Our coach, a 1991 # 277's ice maker had 1989 date on it. It was leaking water and making bad ice, sometimes.
My repairman installed a new Whirlpool part # 1129313 ice maker which includes a new water valve. You'll need thermo-conductive mastic or RTV to seat the ice maker on the cold plate. You do have to butt splice the harness together. You'll use the old connector and part of the harness with part of one of the new harnesses provided to fabricate the new connector harness. He said to just match the colors, green to green, white to white etc. The new harness will slip in from the rear and plug right into the new maker in the box.
Now, lots of ice and NO water in the ice box! Just clean ice.
What happens is the gearbox on the motor will shed a tooth or two and the cam will just stop moving which may keep the water flowing, or the heater on, or just stop all actions. In any event, the new ice maker will correct that all of those problems.
He ordered from a parts place in Chicago.
If you have cooling problems, I think he said the compressors are still made in Brazil.
Nice to have ice!
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If the unit is still cooling, but leaking water, or making bad ice, or no ice, he has a good solution. He identified the ice maker itself as a Whirlpool made item. Our coach, a 1991 # 277's ice maker had 1989 date on it. It was leaking water and making bad ice, sometimes.
My repairman installed a new Whirlpool part # 1129313 ice maker which includes a new water valve. You'll need thermo-conductive mastic or RTV to seat the ice maker on the cold plate. You do have to butt splice the harness together. You'll use the old connector and part of the harness with part of one of the new harnesses provided to fabricate the new connector harness. He said to just match the colors, green to green, white to white etc. The new harness will slip in from the rear and plug right into the new maker in the box.
Now, lots of ice and NO water in the ice box! Just clean ice.
What happens is the gearbox on the motor will shed a tooth or two and the cam will just stop moving which may keep the water flowing, or the heater on, or just stop all actions. In any event, the new ice maker will correct that all of those problems.
He ordered from a parts place in Chicago.
If you have cooling problems, I think he said the compressors are still made in Brazil.
Nice to have ice!
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