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This video was the exact one I need. Man I appreciate this 👍😉👏🙌

Distilled water bro

Don't use bleach guys, bleach don't kill molds. Please either use vinegar or hydrogen peroxide

Worked!!!! You’re awesome!

Found this video after dealing with the "Add Water" for a week since the machine wouldn't self prime anymore. I removed the back panel and noticed the reservoir drain tube caked up and was like how do I take this thing apart to clean it? Great video! However now I am grossed out knowing how dirty this machine can get and see why the manual says "we recommend cleaning/sanitizing your Opel once per week". I think I'll do this deep clean every 6mo! Thanks!

Did you use pure/clean water and not tap water?

I removed the water reservoir and cleaned it. Was much easier and efficient. Wasn't difficult to get out and back in. 4 screws holding it in, remove hoses, unscrew that top piece and it lifts enough to remove the reservoir.

Would be nice if showed where the 3 sensors were and cleaned all 3. I thought I only saw you cleaned two.

Your video is the gift that keeps on giving - thank you - probably third time I have use it

Clorox is very toxic white vinegar is the only thing that clears mold Clorox worsens it

Why are your copper coils exposed? Mine are foamed.

Yup disgusting. Mine did not turn that color. Always clean like the manual said.

My machine is the same as this one and it tells me that it is defrosting and makes a strange noise. I would like to know if anyone else has that noise and if there is a solution for this problem.??

Really good video. Thanks for the great details. I’ve been using the Opal for almost 6 months and wondered if the cleaning process was working. May tear it down in a few months.

Ok

Thank you for this video. You've convinced me to just throw mine all the way out! Not dealing with mold.

Wish the top of mine would come off that easy😊

Omg thank you for this I've had mine for a couple years and never opened it like this...luckily not too bad in there

Super helpful, followed the process, found a lot of gunk and scaling… crazy that this happens, but thanks for vid!

Defiantly a crusty substance. Mine dies today. The area around the refrigerant unit was leaking, no way to stop it. The stuff in the water reservoir was nasty.

Mine keeps saying add water and it cycles water but won’t make no ice 😢

Thank you for showing me how to clean the hoses. I did the rest. I even took the top apart that you didn’t do. It was simple.

Mine is stuck on defrost mode and im wondering if this sort of cleaning could fix it

This is awesome. I had my machine since 2022 and when I opened that reservoir, the first time, I could not believe what I was looking at. That is the type of thing that causes serious illness and GE does not warn about this and does not give any solutions and I find that very disturbing now every three weeks I take it apart and do what you’re doing and have been for the last two years. I’m definitely going to get those extra long pipe cleaners cause bc I take it apart and attach the zip ties every time. I just had to get the Opal 2.0 because mine started to make a funny noise and I found out that it was the fan and I guess mine was so old. It couldn’t be replaced or whatever reason. I find that the 2.0 is a little better, but if you’re using it thinking that the Bluetooth Wi-Fi connection will help it does not. Thanks Again for your video

How do i stop the squeeling?

Thanks for the video. I was able to de-gunk my opal pretty well with your guide. Thanks!

Disgusting. You waited wayyy too long. Unsalvageable.

Great video! Certainly gives me the motivation to sanitize the unit every week with clorox like the manufacturer recommends!

Crazy how fiendishly addicted to ice Americans are - french door fridges with icemakers in the *above freezing high humidity* compartment because they don't want to open the freezer to get it that are so unreliable that *every single brand* of refrigerator has had a recall or class action over their icemaker since the ridiculous concept of "muh iceeeee" became expected in french doors, and then these offensive contraptions that guzzle electricity and continually fight entropy by making ice cubes and letting them melt and then making ice cubes again, over and over until the heat death of the universe... Maybe the solution is for americans to finally admit that "having access to ice" no longer is a sign of wealth... it's just a sign of being needlessly wasteful, like vented clothes dryers that blow 6,000 watts of heat out of a 4" hole in the wall.. also a painfully american obsession. 😂

I would have thrown that away, maybe just making ice cubes in the freezer is cleaner

Did you ever have the Opal v1.0? Just got one today (new) from Best Buy and I'm wondering if it'll be the same over time?

I have an older GE Opal ice maker. I also have mold in the exterior tubing coming. from the tank. I haven't opened the upper tank yet. I wondered if maybe the UV light wasn't working. Your video said it came on but was dim. Is this normal? I didn't see any other comments about how to test the UV light.

Very impressed by this. I keep thinking, if this guy is not a an engineer, he should be.

Thanks for the great video.

great video! ready to jump in a clean mine.

Awesome video. I’ve been on the hunt for a take apart video to see how it works from the inside. My opal keeps going to defrost mode and doesn’t make any ice. Poor design from opal.

Ours was screaming…my husband blew in one of the hoses and all kinds of the black gunk came out…stopped the screaming. But we need to open it up and probably do the deep clean since we’ve never done the vinegar thing weekly (or ever actually). We use RO water…but still get that gunk.

A) Great video - THANK YOU for the instructions on how to take it apart. I was stuck at the lid/top. I just needed to pull harder. I would never have found out how to access the screws up front. B) I am disappointed in the build/operation quality of this unit. I love the nugget ice. The GE brand used to a sign of top quality. Gunk! Yuck! C) I use distilled or highly filtered water (0 dissolved particulates) and I still have gunk in the hoses after ~2 years. D) It's not a closed system, so stuff will get in there and propagate. E) Looks like I need to clean the thing more than once a year. LOL!

Great Video. Thank you!!!!!

Opal 2.0 is junk, last 2 weeks shy of a year glad I got extended warranty

Why the hell do people use hard water??? Distilled water should be the ONLY water used!

Great video. Thank you!

I usually run it with vinegar about seven times distilled water helps for deep cleaning I would recommend tea tree oil as well versus Bleach

Such an informative video and the comment on how to remove the front panel is crucial. Our unit is one year old next month and I plan on breaking it down one Saturday when I have the time to devote to it for a good, deep cleaning. Thanks again for a great video.

did you change filter every 2 or3 mounth

Thank You for video .

The UV lights on these are underpowered for their task. Also the corrosion of the parts that connect to the stainless steel auger assembly is the death knell of these units. The screws and bolts are not stainless steel and rot out very quickly.

Ours was pretty clean thankfully

We did this and used the comment to remove the bottom. Ours does not have a UV light??

Excellent and very helpful work! The only thing I’ll add is that the filter in the ice bin drain is replaceable. After all that hard work you might as well swap a new one in.