How to Fix a Water Dispenser
People are drinking more water these days and having a water dispenser on the refrigerator door makes that much easier. When something goes wrong, it is hard to maintain your water consumption and you need a quick fix. You can do this yourself.
Things You'll Need:
- Soap
- Cloth
- Container or bucket
- Look to see if the control panel is locked. Some manufacturers place a shutout control or lock on water dispensers to prevent access to water without a parent to supervise. You can disable this by depressing the lock button for three seconds. Dispensers sometimes don't work with the door open.
- Place the control panel in locked mode and use a warm soapy cloth to clean the sensor arm and nozzle. Build up of drinks can cause the arm to lock in the on position.
- Check for kinks in the water line in back of the refrigerator and straighten them out if you find any. Make sure the shutoff valve is open.
- Purge trapped air in the water line by running the dispenser water into a large container for blasts of five seconds, waiting five seconds between each. This should cause your dispenser to work properly.
- Take the water filter out and see if the water dispenser will work. If this corrects the problem, you will need to change the filter. You can usually find the filter on the back of the refrigerator at the corner on the top right. Filters can be ordered from the manufacturer.