My old ice maker (Whirlpool) stopped making ice. Prior to it not making ice it had started to make an intermittent creaking noise but made good ice. After a few months of creaking it then stopped getting water. I tested the module and found there was no voltage to the water valve during the 7.5 seconds during the cycle that it is supposed to send water to the ice maker. Last night I replaced the ice maker (the whole unit inside the freezer compartment) with a new one I picked up from Lowes (only $50...quite a deal compared to some online sites like repairclinic.com that wanted over $100)...the model was ECKMF94. It was an easy swap out of just three screws and plugging in the wiring assembly.
Question is this: how long should it be before the new unit delivers water to the ice maker?
After 13 hours (checked before I went to work) the ice maker still had no water. Is the 24 hour period mentioned in the installation manual for it start producing ice that hits the ice bucket or when it should first state getting water to make ice?