remoandiris Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 Our 5er came from the factory with a Samsung residential French door fridge. It does not have water/ice in the door, just the ice maker in the freezer. Recently, the ice has started to glob into large chunks once they are automatically released from the tray. They used to be nice, half-moon cubes. Google and YouTube have not been helpful in diagnosing the problem, so I am hoping someone here has encountered it before and fixed it. If all else fails, I'll just replace the ice maker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2gypsies Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 Freezer temp too warm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve from SoCal Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 I agree with gypsies, Is the fridge powered by an inverter constantly? Check the voltage to the fridge. I never hooked up my ice maker because they take a good deal of energy to make cubes. I use ice trays myself. What is the freezer temp set at? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remoandiris Posted December 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) Freezer temp was my first thought. But no, that isn't the problem. The freezer temp is -2 (minus 2). The fridge is the only thing on the inverter. The ice clumping happens when we are on shore power. Edited December 27, 2018 by remoandiris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 The clumping happens on BOTH shore power and inverter? Or ONLY on shore power? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remoandiris Posted December 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 9 hours ago, Carlos said: The clumping happens on BOTH shore power and inverter? Or ONLY on shore power? I should have been specific. The inverter is always on, whether connected to shore power or towing. I know of no reason to turn it off when on shore power. Ice is not made when towing...no water. While the ice maker may dump what is in the tray when towing, water is not added to the tray once flipped. One thing I can't find is whether this maker warms the tray to loosen the cubes prior to dumping the cubes or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARGO Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 Can't help your "clumping" problem- but we bought a Samsung refrig w/ the built in ice maker. All I can say is they oughta' make one more then shoot themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamtracy Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 On 12/26/2018 at 3:40 PM, remoandiris said: Our 5er came from the factory with a Samsung residential French door fridge. It does not have water/ice in the door, just the ice maker in the freezer. Recently, the ice has started to glob into large chunks once they are automatically released from the tray. They used to be nice, half-moon cubes. Google and YouTube have not been helpful in diagnosing the problem, so I am hoping someone here has encountered it before and fixed it. If all else fails, I'll just replace the ice maker. Good Morning. We have this same fridge in our 5th wheel. So far so good with the ice maker. The LG we have at home was doing the clumping and it turned out the water was leaking in and causing the ice to clump. We had to have a repair person fix it under warranty. Not sure it that is the reason for yours but it could be. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmup68 Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 is the ice maker in the upper left side of the refrigerator? If so, pull the tray out and see if everything is frozen up. There is a service bulletin on the samsung icemakers in the french door refrigerators (where the ice maker is in the fridge part). The fix is to use some silicone along the seam to keep the cold air in the ice maker part. And also you have to defrost the ice clumps with a hair dryer every couple of months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILDEBILL308 Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) On 12/26/2018 at 6:20 PM, Steve from SoCal said: never hooked up my ice maker because they take a good deal of energy to make cubes. You are going to need to explain that one. The only energy to run the icemaker is power to operate the water valve and turn the ice tray. The ice freezing uses the exact same energy as a tray. On 12/27/2018 at 7:57 PM, remoandiris said: Ice is not made when towing...no water. Why ? Do you turn your water pump off. I like having the ice bin full when I stop for a break or at night. On 12/26/2018 at 5:40 PM, remoandiris said: Recently, the ice has started to glob into large chunks once they are automatically released from the tray. They used to be nice, half-moon cubes. Most likely problem (unless the water valve is leaking) is some ice is stuck in the tray. Use a mirror and flashlight to see. If you have ice stuck in the tray warm the tray with a hair dryer and cykle the icemaker by pushing the cycle button. See your owner's manual. Bill Edited January 11, 2019 by WILDEBILL308 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remoandiris Posted January 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 12 hours ago, lockmup68 said: is the ice maker in the upper left side of the refrigerator? If so, pull the tray out and see if everything is frozen up. There is a service bulletin on the samsung icemakers in the french door refrigerators (where the ice maker is in the fridge part). The fix is to use some silicone along the seam to keep the cold air in the ice maker part. And also you have to defrost the ice clumps with a hair dryer every couple of months. No, it is in the freezer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remoandiris Posted January 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 9 hours ago, WILDEBILL308 said: Why ? Do you turn your water pump off. I like having the ice bin full when I stop for a break or at night. Most likely problem (unless the water valve is leaking) is some ice is stuck in the tray. Use a mirror and flashlight to see. If you have ice stuck in the tray warm the tray with a hair dryer and cykle the icemaker by pushing the cycle button. See your owner's manual. Bill Virtually never use the on board fresh water tank. And we can have ice in the hopper. I doubt the issue is ice stuck in the tray. I think it is more likely the valve is leaking OR whatever device that controls the amount of water into the cube maker lets too much water in and it overflows into the cube hopper. Last night I was going to pull the freezer door off and crawl in for a closer look. There is some type of limiter preventing the door from coming out far enough to remove the freezer's top tray. So that is another issue I have to resolve. I watched a few vids on Youtube. Looks like the door "should" come out at least 3 more inches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatsnext Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 The ice maker will slightly "defrost" the cube compartment just prior to ejection, the heating element may be going bad as it could be overheating. This will create a "wetter" ejected ice cube and thus freeze with other cubes in the tray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remoandiris Posted January 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 17 hours ago, whatsnext said: The ice maker will slightly "defrost" the cube compartment just prior to ejection, the heating element may be going bad as it could be overheating. This will create a "wetter" ejected ice cube and thus freeze with other cubes in the tray. Thanks, but mine doesn't operate that way. No heater. It is the plastic tray and the ice maker "twists" the tray to dump the cubes. At least that is what the appliance repair guy told me. The RV was not hooked up, so nothing could be tested. He did take pics and said he didn't see anything out of the ordinary. He said one possible cause is a valve in the back of the fridge. If that is the problem, I'll start using ice cube trays instead. Too troublesome to fix that valve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twotoes Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 I had a similar problem in my rig once. Found out there was a pin hole leak in the water line and it was spraying the ice making them freeze together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docj Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 We have a similar icemaker in our Samsung RF179. We get "clumping" on the bottom of the ice tray because there isn't a "stirrer" in the ice container as their is the GE we have in our casita. Therefore, ice on the bottom of the tray fuses together into large clumps. Periodically I use a large metal spatula to lift those clumps out while leaving the majority of the ice in the container. I believe the ice maker uses some form of ultrasonic sensor to assess the level of the ice in the container. If you remove a large clump it will go back into operation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remoandiris Posted January 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 17 hours ago, docj said: We have a similar icemaker in our Samsung RF179. We get "clumping" on the bottom of the ice tray because there isn't a "stirrer" in the ice container Thanks, but that isn't it. There is a water leak or overflow from somewhere that coats the cubes from the top down. It is probably going to be easier to just use ice cube trays. It will definitely be cheaper. According to the appliance repair guy, ice makers go bad in various ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docj Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, remoandiris said: There is a water leak or overflow from somewhere that coats the cubes from the top down. It sure sounds as if the water valve isn't closing soon enough when it fills the tray, so excess water cascades over and onto the ice in the bin. As a result of this thread I just learned that the icemaker for our RF197 has been discontinued and there may or may not be a substitute. Welcome to planned obsolescence. Edited January 25, 2019 by docj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex&Tracy Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 We had the same problem with our Samsung ice maker in our new 5th wheel (clumping) with the additional problem of overproduction of ice. We were giving it away as we could find no way to slow down production . . UNTIL we went on vacation and turned off the icemaker for a month. Now we can't get it back to producing more than a minimal amount of ice. Any ideas for our problem? 2018 Crossroads Cameo 40 Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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