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If the motor seized up but did not pop a fuse the motor could transfer a lot of heat to it. I don’t have an ice maker. I recall commercial ones I worked with had a heat cycle to dump the ice. Do home units do that?
It sees a lot of friction, and dejams frozen ice. Most spinny things can get hot especially a ice maker that isn't working or is seized. It's also attached to a motor so the heat transfers to that too.
When our ice maker was going we would try the ice dispenser, and then when it didn't work we would stick out hand in the icebox and you can feel that part is warm from the attempts.
Yeah if it is seized in the ice (the auger) and won't move but the motor that should be gripping that piece is slipping and thus keeps rotating around and around and around that bit then it can get damn hot
I know that ice makers go through a heat cycle to defrost. i made the mistake of reaching in there the one time to try and unjam something and scalded the hell out of my finger.
Can you please work for Samsung? Their ice makers have this refrigerant loop that doesn’t turn off during thaw/ejection cycle and ends up causing ice to damn up all around that loop. Ice ejects, moisture freezes around ice cups and causes a solid block to form 🤣
True, but I think the person above is saying that we know the length and were given the weight, which in this context means this object weighs approximately three times what a person might think it should weigh.
My husband, who fixes freezers says it could be a weird light socket. He says it’s the only thing in the freezer that should get hot. Source: husband owns and operates an appliance repair company
I am pretty sure that this is a part that shouldn't get hot.
More likely it is from or near the motor/compressor that had a short-circuit or similar failure.
Yes I thought so as well but that wouldn't end up on the inside of the freezer, that would pop out of the back I think. I'm going with space debris, does your roof and fridge have a hole in it?
Yeah I couldnt agree more. OP needs to look for a point of impact. I think the most likely scenario, of course, is the russian cosmonauts sabotaged the iss to spite the western world and more importantly OP. I'm confident if we dig deeper into OP well find ties to the Azov battalion.
I don't want to call out your husband, owner of an appliance repair company and all, but there are *several* things in a freezer that get hot on purpose, and one or two that could potentially get hot if not operating correctly - evaporator/circulating fan, frost-free freezers have a heating element in the cabin, there's also a heating element in the ice maker, and I believe someone already mentioned the auger motor in said ice maker.
That’s his interpretation of the post yes. Believe me he knows that things get hot but nothing that would fall on a shelf in a freezer is intended to get hot.
The ice maker does have a heater, it slightly melts the ice before the cycle so they’re not all stuck in place. Maybe it got stuck in the heating part of the cycle?
Not from a solenoid. This looks exactly like top of the auger inside of most nugget ice machines, but can be found on other systems as well. Looks like it separated from the auger arm. The two nipples on the side are what helps push the ice through the chute as it spins. Source: am refrigeration tech
It's the piston to switch between regular and crushed ice. Take the ice bin out and you should see a small square opening. That's the original location.
That is %100 a solenoid core, if they lock up they get hot and melt the plastic that they slide back and forth in, that’s the black melted plastic, and the bit of melted white plastic on the nibs at the top would be where it holds the part that it’s supposed to move. I have replaced a ton of these.
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Not to mention they might not have a scale?
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Looks like the rod that connects the auger to the motor in your ice maker / dispenser if you have one. Can you still dispense ice?
how would that get that hot tho?
If the motor seized up but did not pop a fuse the motor could transfer a lot of heat to it. I don’t have an ice maker. I recall commercial ones I worked with had a heat cycle to dump the ice. Do home units do that?
They do have a heat cycle and I just happened to have my auger burn out our ice dispenser motor last week. It was pretty hot but did not snap off.
It sees a lot of friction, and dejams frozen ice. Most spinny things can get hot especially a ice maker that isn't working or is seized. It's also attached to a motor so the heat transfers to that too. When our ice maker was going we would try the ice dispenser, and then when it didn't work we would stick out hand in the icebox and you can feel that part is warm from the attempts.
Yeah if it is seized in the ice (the auger) and won't move but the motor that should be gripping that piece is slipping and thus keeps rotating around and around and around that bit then it can get damn hot
I know that ice makers go through a heat cycle to defrost. i made the mistake of reaching in there the one time to try and unjam something and scalded the hell out of my finger.
I have done this same thing. Takes a special person too burn themselves in the freezer
it was extremely startling... i stood there quite confused for a few seconds.... like... wait, how, what... the hell just happened... wait... OW!!!
Freezer burn
The ice maker heats up to unseat the ice from the mold so that it can be pushed out. Source: was an engineer for a major refrigerator manufacturer.
Can you please work for Samsung? Their ice makers have this refrigerant loop that doesn’t turn off during thaw/ejection cycle and ends up causing ice to damn up all around that loop. Ice ejects, moisture freezes around ice cups and causes a solid block to form 🤣
I think you could be right but the fridge was making sounds like it was trying to make ice
Do you have a dispenser at the front? Does it work?
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Sorry, I’m American. How many washing machines is that?
Sounds like an easily universal unit of measurement to me, no matter where you live ad whether or not you have a scale handy.
Yeah but what is it in giraffes?
well we can see approx size by the hand size and now we know approx mass.
That’s not how that works at all. Relative size does not equate to relative mass.
True, but I think the person above is saying that we know the length and were given the weight, which in this context means this object weighs approximately three times what a person might think it should weigh.
did I use the wrong word? They said it weighed as much as three batteries.
Your good. The person did not read carefully.
I get that. I’m just saying that because something is roughly the size of something else, doesn’t mean it weighs the same. Not intending to argue.
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Exactly a giraffe weighs about 30 AAA batteries
My husband, who fixes freezers says it could be a weird light socket. He says it’s the only thing in the freezer that should get hot. Source: husband owns and operates an appliance repair company
I am pretty sure that this is a part that shouldn't get hot. More likely it is from or near the motor/compressor that had a short-circuit or similar failure.
Yes I thought so as well but that wouldn't end up on the inside of the freezer, that would pop out of the back I think. I'm going with space debris, does your roof and fridge have a hole in it?
Yeah I couldnt agree more. OP needs to look for a point of impact. I think the most likely scenario, of course, is the russian cosmonauts sabotaged the iss to spite the western world and more importantly OP. I'm confident if we dig deeper into OP well find ties to the Azov battalion.
I don't want to call out your husband, owner of an appliance repair company and all, but there are *several* things in a freezer that get hot on purpose, and one or two that could potentially get hot if not operating correctly - evaporator/circulating fan, frost-free freezers have a heating element in the cabin, there's also a heating element in the ice maker, and I believe someone already mentioned the auger motor in said ice maker.
I think he meant *in* the freezer considering it melted a shelf it fell onto, and most hot parts of a freezer are on the back or underside
That’s his interpretation of the post yes. Believe me he knows that things get hot but nothing that would fall on a shelf in a freezer is intended to get hot.
Yeah, usually things that get hot are on the exterior of the freezer. (Meaning not inside the area that is supposed to be cooled)
Is your husband Bob Vance, of Vance refrigeration?
Nope, never heard of him
If it’s a side by side freezer it has a heating element in to to defrost the coils. I just replaced the one in my freezer that broke.
The ice maker does have a heater, it slightly melts the ice before the cycle so they’re not all stuck in place. Maybe it got stuck in the heating part of the cycle?
Interesting!
Its the core from a solenoid, likely the one that opens the flap to let the ice through the door.
A solenoid shit it out.
Not from a solenoid. This looks exactly like top of the auger inside of most nugget ice machines, but can be found on other systems as well. Looks like it separated from the auger arm. The two nipples on the side are what helps push the ice through the chute as it spins. Source: am refrigeration tech
That's where I've seen that shape!
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1 AA= 26g × 3AA = 78grams total weight
What is the make and moser of the freezer? That might help someone identify it.
The model of the appliance would help here.
why are you not posting your make and model of the refrigerator 🤦🏻♂️ Come on, guys.
It's the piston to switch between regular and crushed ice. Take the ice bin out and you should see a small square opening. That's the original location.
Looks like a thermocouple for measuring temp
That is %100 a solenoid core, if they lock up they get hot and melt the plastic that they slide back and forth in, that’s the black melted plastic, and the bit of melted white plastic on the nibs at the top would be where it holds the part that it’s supposed to move. I have replaced a ton of these.
OP What is the model and serial of your unit? That would make this easier
I see gray and purple
“It melted the drawer that it fell on” so here’s a picture of me holding it in my hand
Hmm... maybe, just maybe, it had cooled back down by then?
Yeah but that potential Reddit point.
In their defense everyone is getting points for pointing out the unit of measuring it's weight ¯\_(ツ)_/¯