Dontcha think after NINE YEARS MP has gotten his water line installed? Or do you think he's been waiting all these years for you come along and offer advice?
More silliness from "homeownnershub." The sad part is the date of the original post from January 2007 is shown here as well as on homeownershub-bub.
replying to h_k, The Girl wrote: Someone needs attention...
No, someone needs to learn to tell time. You replied to a nearly decade old post.
replying to Gordon Shumway, The Girl wrote: It is still on the internet so what does that matter? You replied as well, what are you doing on here a decade later the n?
No one runs water lines to their fridge anymore. The new icemakers can condense water from the owner's sense of satisfaction :-)
He didn't reply to a decade old USENET post though. I agree that it doesn't matter.
replying to FromTheRafters, The Girl wrote: What is interesting is everyone keeps commenting! If the post is so old and I commented on it, who cares!!! Please keep telling me that I commented on a decade old post...and then look, here you are. Get over it!
I'm wondering what the cost would have been 10 years ago and what it would cost now.
But I was agreeing with you, so don't be such a bitch.
replying to Speedy Jim, Valorie Bolt wrote: ICE MAKING HOOKUP
replying to h_k, Desire wrote: Yup. I'm not dealing with the hassle of putting in a water line. I'll just drink water from the tap. Less expense in the long run anywaus
That's the dumbest thing i've heard...water needs to be boiled first to make clear ice cubes.
It does make it easiest as it drives out undissolved oxygen. Best to freeze slowly. If you think it dumb you must have a better idea for perfectly clear ice. Please tell us.
On Sat, 29 May 2021 16:15:03 +0000, Nfisher posted for all of us to digest...
Really? Then how come ice machines do it on a consistent & quantity basis without without boiling?
I forget...
Tell me again why I want perfectly clear ice cubes?
Ice machines vary, not perfectly clear.
I know what works for me. I have a rubber mold that makes ice balls, about 1 1/2". For best results I heat water to near boiling, pour into the mold, then freeze. The heated water also takes longer to freeze allowing oxygen to escape.
Tap water in the slow freezing mold it better but not nearly as perfect. RO water freezer more clear too.
Found this: The short answer: Cloudy ice is caused by gases (mainly nitrogen and oxygen) dissolved in the water that come out of solution when the water freezes. The small bubbles trapped in the ice cause the white appearance. Boiling the water removes the air dissolved in it, producing clear ice as a result.
Well, I did the humidifier in the basement with plastic tubing (poly-something) and in 5 years or so it sprang a leak and sprayed water all over the place. No sharp bends and no one touched it. Replaced it with copper and 15 years later, no problem. Saddle valve was never a problem. Plus I was a party one night when our hostess's fridge icemaker tube started leaking from the kitchen into the basement. So now you know two people.
This is pretty funny. I just read the webpage so I could read the whole thread, to see who is boiling water for ice, but I posted to disagree with the guy who said plastic hose was good enough.
Then I kept reading and found a guy who had the same attitude I do, including that he too was at a party when the fridge hose started leaking. What are the odds on that?
"My humidifier hose sprang a leak, and my friends ice cube hose did also. Fortunately she was having a party in her basement when it happened, or at least when the water started dripping through."
Turns out that one was me too! 14 years ago.
They really shouldn't include plastic tubing with those valves. It encourages people to use them.
Of course you want clear ice cubes. Are you some kind of Communist?
So, I go down the basement to grab something out of storage. Why am I feeling a cool mist?
I look up to see the 25 YO plastic tube to the ice maker right above my head. Directly to the left of that is the copper pipe to the water heater. The copper pipe has a pinhole in it, from which water is spraying.
Does my intact plastic tube and leaking copper pipe cancel out 1 the 2 plastic tube leaks that you describe?
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