Customer Questions and Answers for Ice Maker by Whirlpool

Hello John, This is an automatic icemaker. Basically this means that when the ice level gets up to the point that the bale arm cannot drop all the way back down, it is like an off switch and power is not supplied for the icemaker motor to cycle again. If it is not stopping in this manner, the icemaker off switch inside it is defective. Otherwise, the ice will build up so the bale arm cannot allow it to cycle.