Talk:Icemaker

good summary.
67.180.151.4 04:48, 24 May 2007 (UTC) 1)This article is a good summary. Specific technical and numeric assertions are confirmed here: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/procurement/eep_ice_makers.html, which would be a good start on the need for citations. 2)The category is wrong: the article is not about "residential appliances" - instead the category should be "commercial kitchen equipment" which is the standard industry nomenclature. 3)Some issues that could be added to this article are: bacteria growth in ice machines and the sustainability issues of water resource waste and energy consumption. Gcowen01 (talk) 14:48, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Um, how does it work?
I personally have to disagree with the statement at the top that this article is a good summary. It is not very well written from the standpoint of style guidelines, but more to the point, it does not at all inform me as to how an ice maker works (for any of the different types mentioned). With a manual plastic cell rack you have to wait until the ice is adequately frozen then fight to get the ice out. On the other hand, an ice maker manages to produce a basket of fully separate ice cubes all on its own. I can think of a number of ways to accomplish this but I would like to know what the current industry standards are. Mbarbier (talk) 17:29, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Terrible Article
This article is pretty bad. It is also filled with blatant factual errors, as well as inaccuracies due to important information being left out. If I have time in the coming weeks, I will rework this article. MicahWes (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
 * What is so bad about it? While I agree that almost all articles can be improved, I've seen a lot worse.  What are the blatant factual errors?  What important information is being left out? Huw Powell (talk) 02:40, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * What is a water brain (flake ice section)? This is also a phenomenal sentence, possibly one of the longest ever emitted in english: "The tube ice generator in which the water is frozen in tubes extended vertically within a surrounding casing defining a freezing chamber spaced above the bottom of which is a distributor plate having apertures surrounding the tubes and defining the separate chamber into a warm gas is passed to heat the tubes to cause the ice rods to slide therefrom."70.36.223.239 (talk) 06:11, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Inconsistency re Ammonia and Carbon Dioxide
I do not understand these two statements, which are virtually back-to-back in the article. "The history of refrigeration began with the use of ammonia. After more than 120 years, this substance is still the preeminent refrigerant used by household, commercial and industrial refrigeration systems." ... "Carbon dioxide has been used as a refrigerant for many years. Just like ammonia, it has fallen in almost complete disuse due to its low critical point and its high operating pressure."