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On most, the solenoid valve is at the bottom in the rear, easy to access when you pull out the fridge. It should make a loud thunk, then shsssss of water flowing in, then thunk as it closes. The thunk is as much from water hammering as from the noise of the valve itself. Is this fridge in a heated area? I have always had a fridge in the shop (unheated) and while the wiring diagram shows the icemaker powered all the time, my last two have not been. Both only make ice when the compressor runs regular. When the shop is real cold and the compressor doesn't run (I'm not talking below freezing, shop never gets that cold, just in the 30's and 40's) the icemaker does not work. Clearly both of mine have been wired off the compressor thermostat. If the compressor is powered, the ice maker is powered. I proved that with a multi-meter on the last one, haven't bothered to check on this one. Current fridge is a '85 Kenmore, It came with a house I bought in '87 and was nearly new, as the house was unused for a year or so. I just moved it to the shop last summer. Previous shop fridge was my parents '78 Fridgeaire. Its been in the shop since about 2000, and broke a line last year. The Kenmore sucks electricity compared to the old Fridgeaire, shop electric bill went up $10 a month when the Kenmore went in there. It has a blower in the bottom, old one had coils on the back. Charles
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