On Mon 20 Apr 2009 06:06:07a, phil..c told us...

> Not talking about water in trays but dedicated ice maker ?
>
> Just wondering as they are becoming popular here

That could me one of several things here in the US. The most "dedicated"
unit would be a standalone unit about the size of a mini refrigerator that
does nothing but make ice cubes, and generally at a fairly high production
rate.

Then there are several flavors of refrigerator/freezer combinations that
have an ice maker in the freeezer. The simplest of these is a unit that
makes repetitive batches of ice and dumps them into a bin in the freezer.
You open the freezer door and grab some cubes. (Actually, they are almost
all semi-circular in shape.) More elaborate units, particularly the side-
by-side model freezer/refrigerators, make ice in much the same way, but are
capable of distributing it through the door in either whole cubes or
crushed. Most of these models also dispense chilled water. A couple can
also dispense flavored beverages in the same manner.

The additional mechanisms of the latter provide many opportunities for
problems. I currently have a top freezer refrigerator with a simple ice
maker in it and I prefer it. I've never had a problem with it since we
bought it 3 years ago.



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