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Description
A new way to solve your Samsung Icemaker woes!
After selling our popular secondary heater for the Samsung refrigerator evaporator coils, we now are introducing a secondary heater for Samsung icemakers that typically are rendered inoperable due to extensive ice/frost build up on the lower plastic cover.
This kit taps into your icemaker's 120v electrical line which powers a heater to harvest ice in the icemaker. While this is running, the secondary heater runs to gently warm up the bottom of the icemaker to remove any ice or frost buildup from the housing that often forms.
This heater pad is designed to fit specifically for the full-depth refrigerators. It has a heat capacity of 6 watts to ensure a gentle heat profile that works to keep frost away, but not the ice you want to use!
The Secondary Heater Fits the Following Ice Makers:
Full-Depth Heating Pad: DA97-12317A, DA97-12317B, DA97-15217A, DA97-15217B, DA97-15335A, DA97-15217D, DA97-15217DCM
Instructional Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qC9JWBrITQSLv5G3vyDK89qpLcoJ_D5Ch9js4odDZJI/edit?usp=sharing
Defrost Guide How-To
In-Refrigerator UI System: https://youtu.be/WnxC0JtzuNc
In-Door Ice Dispenser UI System: https://youtu.be/B1v3qJE2OX0
"Table-Top" UI: https://youtu.be/4Kr-el2exdY
everything worked perfectly, there is no more ice, I recommend
I am the master of the Samsung ice maker!! Thanks to Ben’s kit. I have fixed all my family and friends ice makers. They shower me with gifts and I get set up with beautiful women. Thank you Ben!
I installed the first one and it broke the ice maker. I ran the new pair of wires along the side of the ice maker as described in the video. I ended up pushing the wires to far up under the plastic and when the ice maker cycled the tynes grabbed the wires. The wires ended up being torn apart by the tynes and broke the ice maker. I ended up buying a new ice maker and a new heater kit. It has been working wonderfully ever since.
Installed per instructions but it ended up freezing within 2 months.
I tucked the wires up and taped them. The teeter the ice maker wrapped it so tightly it broke the wire. Had to cut them and just wrap them with tape.
Wish I had found this years ago.. Was having to defrost out icemaker almost once a week. This has ended all my icemaker problems, thank you for developing this kit. We were on the verge of getting a new refrigerator because of the icemaker problemd. Thank you very much, Rick
Excellent fix
Ice maker kit&heater A+++
The YouTube video walks you through how to do this and only took about 30 minutes to do. NO more stuck ice cubes.
8.5" Samsung Refrigerator Icemaker Heater Kit BA-00090
The kit to fix my Samsung ice machine was well put together and directions for install was well done. Seems to have fixed the problem with frosting up.
We have a samsung fridge we inherited with a "new" house purchase, it was out of warrenty and required manual breaking ice apart from the ice maker every month or even less... we bought the ice maker repair kit that included everything that samsung provides except the control board. I silicone the gaps, installed the deeper tube, and also bought the aftermarket heater from Ben's appliances. We did clean the ice maker "flap" as well.... combination of everything has had trouble free ice for 2 months now!
Heater works well, so far so good, installed it about 2 weeks ago, I'll check back with customer this week.
Heater wiring came loose after a week and pour customer service
Product was great, everything needed was included. I definitely have an improvement in the reduction of ice buildup. A huge improvement. However, the design of the actual ice maker is still an issue. I still have to run a forced defrost from time to time, but certainly less often and when I do it eliminates any issues. Thanks Ben for making this kit, a huge help. For those curious, yes, I have the latest icemaker and motor assembly and motherboard upgrade as well. All this was supplied by a Samsung repair authorization. Problem still persisted, actually worse than before the Samsung "upgrades". Ben's kit has made a huge improvement.
It has been a full year of having ice. I on average every 3-4 months need to do a defrost with my trusty steam gun and hose but it does not take long compared to the old days. It only freezes up a little at the back now. I am pretty happy as this is not much of an issue compared to the monthly solid block of ice that my fridge was creating. During the install, I also sealed up the unit better using foil tape. I bet someone could have a business just installing these defrost elements with the problems people are facing. Many people are scrapping out their fridges out of frustration.
After installing the heater kit the ice maker made 3 dumps of ice and stopped. After removing the ice maker to see what failed I noticed that one of the wires that I had tucked into the side got wrapped around the fingers that push the ice out. I sucessfully rerouted the wires and it is working great now.
You’re my hero! Fixing appliance problems instead of just selling parts! Please keep it up!
I had tried other “repairs” for the ice maker but none really improved its performance. I have had your heater kit installed for about 2 1/2 weeks. I just checked the condition and have no ice buildup.
Installation was relatively easy. I followed the printer instructions as well as your videos. Highly recommended!
Thanks for the custom fix and excellent video instructions. Saved me $.
This is a practical and affordable solution to a very common Samsung refrigerator ice maker issue. I recommend this product
Ease of install video. No return calls for iced over ice makers.
The YouTube video helps considerably when doing this fix for the icemaker heater without it I would have been lost. With it I was able to dismantle the ice tray from the refrigerator and perform the task of disconnecting the 2 screws holding the plastic piece on the left side to reveal the wiring harness and unclipping it after unplugging the refrigerator from the wall. I followed the instructions on the video to get the unit out of the icebox and onto my workbench. Everything went as planned and now it’s back in and I’m waiting for the ice maker to make ice.
So far so good.
So far it has solved the problem
This little heater has been a godsend. This in addition to the upgraded Samsung drain tube/heater have solved my ice maker issues.
A refrigerator should just work but the Samsung French-Door Models pre-2020 are just a maintenance disaster. Ben's fixes have finally turned our Samsung into a "just works" device. Highly recommend all of Ben's fixes.
It worked!!!
After literally years(and enormous frustration) of trying to resolve my Samsung icemaker freezing up, I came across Ben’s youtube channel and ordered the kit. Took less than 30 minutes to install and now my icemaker works like it should.
The kit is inexpensive and highly recommended.
I installed the heating element and it actually works too well. Not freezing up anymore but also not making ice. On the video, the technician said the heating element should test at about 3300 ohms and the one I was sent read about 2300 ohms. The drop in resistance allows more current flow and increased heater temperature. I believe this is the reason it’s not working properly. The installation went smoothly as did the kit I bought and installed for the refrigerator. The fridge hasn’t frozen up in over 8 months so that’s a big win! I just need a replacement heater for the ice maker. Then I’ll change my rating to 5 stars. Thanks