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mikenikk · Jun 8, 2010, 08:29 AM

I took off two water valves (one to filter, one to ice maker) to replace because ice maker was not working. I do not remember the wire configuration for hooking back up. I have four connectors, each with two clips. I have black wires (power?) to three connectors, brown wires to two connectors, and white and blue to all four connectors. How do I know which connector to put on which valve? I can narrow it down so that two black wires go together and two brown wires go together. I do not know if the two black (power) wires go to the water filter or the ice maker filter and more important, if order makes a difference with the two black wires and the two brown with the one black wire.

hkstroud · Jun 8, 2010, 03:10 PM

I don't think I follow you post. Normally you have two connectors, one for the ice maker and one for the water in the door. Each connector will have two or more wires. Is that what you have or do you have a bunch of individual wires?

mikenikk · Jun 8, 2010, 03:59 PM

As best as I can describe, they are called water valves. They control the water to the ice maker and to the water dispenser in the door. The water line comes into the valve that is yellow with a green bottom where the connectors go. The water line comes out of the yellow valve as two lines and becomes one a goes up the back of the refrigerator to the filter inside the refrigerator. Another line line comes out of the back of the refrigerator (where the filter is located) and goes to a valve that is blue on top and green and red on the bottom for the connectors. The water lines for this valve go up the back to the ice maker and inside the refrigerator to (I think) the water dispenser on the door. There are two separate valves with three water lines too each and four connecting lines. The two valves are on the same bracket located on the bottom right of the back of the refrigerator.
I also looked at the wires and saw that the back wires go to two connectors, brown to two connectors, and white/blue to all connectors.
I hope this helps.

hkstroud · Jun 8, 2010, 07:49 PM

Show us a picture of the wires and connectors.

mikenikk · Jun 9, 2010, 06:31 AM

Here are pictures.

Thank for your help.

hkstroud · Jun 9, 2010, 01:29 PM

How many terminals does the green/green valve have? How many terminals does the green/red valve have?

mikenikk · Jun 9, 2010, 08:11 PM

Hi,

From what I can see, the connectors are all the same except the wire colors and all of the valves connections are the same except the colors (1 red and 3 green.)

hkstroud · Jun 11, 2010, 05:03 AM

Sorry, the angle of photo made that one connector look different.
Plug the set of connectors with the brown wires onto to one set of valves and the other connectors on the other set of valves. See what happens. Can't hurt anything.

If things don't work right, reverse wiring connections.

Angrycustomer · Jun 12, 2010, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by hkstroud

Sorry, the angle of photo made that one connector look different.
Plug the set of connectors with the brown wires onto to one set of valves and the other connectors on the other set of valves. See what happens. Can't hurt anything.

If things don't work right, reverse wiring connections.

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Is there any diodes? I'd check for that before just trying to wing it, and I would also just simply trace the ice maker wire harness to the valve that is for the ice maker. You could check for voltage on the wire connectors for the dispenser with the switch held in on the door since no water is hooked up. Honestly, though if there is any diodes, then don't just go hooking them up.

hkstroud · Jun 12, 2010, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by rapedcustomer

Is there any diodes?

Why would there be diodes in a simple water solenoid valve?

KISS · Jun 12, 2010, 06:55 PM

AC valves won't have diodes. Go with hk's suggestion.

Angrycustomer · Jun 13, 2010, 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by hkstroud

Why would there be diodes in a simple water solenoid valve?

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your box is not playing music, understand. Mostly they use the diodes for conversion and conservation of power.

In simplistic terms if the valves work at the same time with out the correct voltage and current it could cause a problem for the sensitive equipment on the market today. Sensitive doesn't mean cheap or unnecessary its more precise to fluctuations, hence more conservative on conservation for meeting energy star requirements. This way engineers get a bonus for doing math.

Angrycustomer · Jun 13, 2010, 08:51 AM

Originally Posted by KeepItSimpleStupid

AC valves won't have diodes. Go with hk's suggestion.

:eek:

He's asking about his refrigerator. Not the air conditioner.
Refrigerators have diodes. :D smile your yellow.

KISS · Jun 13, 2010, 10:23 AM

Dear rapedcustomer:

I see you failed to consult your pocket acronym dictionary. AC in this context meant Alernating Current, and DC would be Direct Current. To be specific "Valves designed to be operated directly off the AC line would not have diodes".

Diodes are used to absorb back EMF on DC operated valves. Bidirectional transorbs, ZNR's and back to back Zener diodes are used in alternating current (Can't use AC here because term not understood) are used to protect the switch contacts.