kissy
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Post by kissy on Jan 14, 2016 6:53:27 GMT -7
My ice maker in the freezer makes too much ice, I can never use it all and if I leave it it'll fall out the backside into some abyss I can't see or access unless I pull the whole fridge out from the wall, so I regularly pull the bin out and dump it in the sink to melt away. WHY HAVE I BEEN DOING THIS?? I pay good money for a filter for the water that makes that ice and as well for PUR filters for the faucet. So last night I grabbed a pretty pitcher, filled it with the ice and left it sitting on the counter by the Keurig--that's right kids, now I can just refill my Keurig from that pitcher because it's filtered water!
Maybe not so brilliant, but really glad I figured it out. It's the little things, right?
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Post by ronin on Jan 14, 2016 7:24:58 GMT -7
That's a great use for extra ice!  I also bag some up from time to time for when I need to use my ice chest.  |
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Post by nomorewirehanger on Jan 14, 2016 7:41:01 GMT -7
Nice idea Lol my ice maker is acting stupid ROFL
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Post by smokinghorse on Jan 14, 2016 10:34:58 GMT -7
Wait, you can't just turn the ice maker off?
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Post by smokinghorse on Jan 14, 2016 10:51:00 GMT -7
The ONLY reason I know how this works is that we bought the fridge new, and read the manual. If I had moved in with this refrigerator already here...never would have figured it out. Metal bar moves up and down. Metal bar up, Ice OFF. Metal bar down, ice ON. Attachments:
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Post by smokinghorse on Jan 14, 2016 10:54:07 GMT -7
It would make me nutty if I couldn't turn it off. But yeah, kissy, you definitely earn kudos for an outside the box AND green solution!
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kissy
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Post by kissy on Jan 14, 2016 12:24:51 GMT -7
It's not that kind and the part that dispenses the ice isn't all that easy to access--so there's a probably a way to turn it off it's just not as simple as lifting the bar (I've had an ice maker like that). *I'm going to leave the above up there and just tell y'all that I went ahead and looked in the FRIDGE and sure enough there's a nifty little button that turns off the ice.  It never occurred to me to check. I'm still pretty happy about using it for my keurig.  |
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Post by smokinghorse on Jan 14, 2016 13:55:38 GMT -7
Still, it's awfully nice to know. Especially if you go out of town for a stretch!
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Post by kissy on Jan 14, 2016 14:02:06 GMT -7
Still, it's awfully nice to know. Especially if you go out of town for a stretch! Yes! Hadn't thought about that, either! |
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I also bag some up from time to time for when I need to use my ice chest. 
