On the covered GE refrigerator icemaker, a flashing green light means the icemaker is in its Fault state. GE says that if the harvest state is not complete within 30 minutes, after a Harvest Fix mode starts at 7 minutes, the icemaker enters the Fault state and the green light flashes, and that this often means the icemaker needs to be replaced. First, look for a jammed ice cube, which GE says most often leaves the rake stuck.
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ReversibleLook for a jammed ice cube, which GE says most often leaves the rake stuck.
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ReversibleGE's diagnostic, which it says can often reset the icemaker: turn the icemaker off for 15 seconds and back on, then push in on the paddle 3 times, and only 3 times, within 15 seconds of powering it back on. The icemaker should enter the harvest state within 3 minutes: the heater runs for at least 20 seconds and the rake makes one full turn and returns to Home, where the rake teeth are level with the ice stripper teeth, and at the end of 3 minutes the mold fills with water for 4 to 7 seconds.
The green light under the switch should then be on and solid. GE lists what makes the light flash: a harvest time over 30 minutes, a stuck rake (clear the jam and turn the icemaker off and on), a heater that does not run so the mold stays cold, or a motor that does not run or a rake that does not stop turning, and the last two mean the icemaker has to be replaced.
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The icemaker is in its Fault state. GE says that if the harvest state is not complete within 30 minutes, after a Harvest Fix mode starts at 7 minutes, the icemaker enters the Fault state and the green light flashes, and that this often means the icemaker needs to be replaced.