TL;DR
An ice maker fill tube is the small plastic or silicone conduit that carries water from the inlet valve at the back of a refrigerator into the ice maker's mold, and the spot where the supply most often freezes solid when fill pressure is low or freezer airflow is disturbed. A frozen example shows as an ice maker that cycles but produces nothing, or a stalagmite of ice in the bin; thawing it with a hair dryer is a stopgap until the underlying slow-fill cause is fixed.
What it means
An ice maker fill tube is the small plastic or silicone conduit that carries water from the inlet valve at the back of a refrigerator into the ice maker's mold, and the spot where the supply most often freezes solid when fill pressure is low or freezer airflow is disturbed. A frozen example shows as an ice maker that cycles but produces nothing, or a stalagmite of ice in the bin; thawing it with a hair dryer is a stopgap until the underlying slow-fill cause is fixed. Replacement is cheap and reaches through the freezer's rear panel.
Where it sits in the glossary
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