Electrolux E23CS75DSS0 - Section H - Water System; Water Systems; Water Valve; Puresource Water Filters

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Section H - Water System
Water Systems
Waterfortheicemakerandwaterdispenseris
controlledbyadualcoilvalveandasinglecoil
valvejoinedtogetherasone.It’smountedjustto
therightofthecondenseronthecabinet.Plastic
tubingconnectsthewatervalve/valvestotheice
makerlltube,thewaterdispenser,andwaterlter
(onmodelssoequipped).
Water Valve
CounterDepthmodelshave1dualcoilvalveand1
singlecoilvalve(seegureH1).Thegreencoilon
adualcoilvalveisfortheicemakerandtheyellow
coilisforthewaterdispenser.Thebeigecoilonthe
singlecoilvalveisenergizedforbothwaterforthe
icemakeranddispenser.Plastictubingconnects
theprimarywatervalvetothelter,watertank,and
tothesecondaryvalve.
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Onmodelswithasinglecoilvalveforaprimary,
youhave2diodesinthewiringharnessconnecting
thecoilofthesinglecoilvalvetothe2coilsofthe
dualcoilvalve.Thediodesareusedtoprevent
currentleakagefromopeningbothcoilsonthe
dualcoilvalveeverytimethesinglecoilvalveis
energized.
Ifadiodeisshorted,whenthesinglecoilvalve
opens,currentleakagethroughtheshorteddiode
willcausebothcoilsonthesecondaryvalveto
openandyou’llhavewatergoingintotheicemaker
andcomingoutthedooratthesametime.Ifthe
thediodefailsintheopenposition,thecoilon
yoursecondaryvalvewillopen,butthecoilonthe
primaryvalvewillnot.Asaresult,youwillnotget
watertotheicemakerordispenser.Bothdoides
canbecheckedwithanohmmetertoseeifthey
areopenedorshorted.
Thecoilsonallwatervalvescanbecheckedwith
anohmmetertoseeifthecoilsareopenedor
shorted.Ifthecoilchecksbad,replacethecoil.
Ifthecoilscheckgoodandwaterpressureis
between20-120psi,andthevalvewillnotallow
watertoowthrough,replacethevalve.Itisnot
necessarytoreplacethewholevalveassemblyif
onecoilisbad.Thetwovalvescanbeseparatedby
insertingascrewdriveratpointAinFigureH1.
PureSouce Water Filters
FormodelswithaFrontFilter(seeFigureH2).The
waterltermustbechangedataminimumoftwice
ayear.But,undercertainwaterconditions,such
aslargeconcentrationsofcalcium,alkali,orother
particulatematterinthewater,altermayrequire
changingmorefrequently.Agoodwaytojudge
whetherthelterneedstobereplacediswhenthe
waterowtothedispenserstartsslowingdownand
therehasbeennochangetothewaterpressureto
theproduct.Operatingwaterpressureshouldbea
minumumof20-100psi.
Figure H2
Figure H1
NOTE
Theconditionofthewaterlteralsohasalarge
affectontheoperationoftheicemaker.When
thelterslowsdownowtothedoor,itisalso
slowingdownowtheicemaker.Thiscanreduce
thenumberoficecubesmadepercycleaswell
asproducingsmallcubesthatcanjamtheice
makerbygettingcaughtbetweentheejectorand
thestripper.