said by robbin:There is no way for the average person to flush the lines of a residential ice maker. There is also no way to flood and drain the ice freezing tray.
But reasonably smart 12-15 year old kids could flush once a year ... as an educational project.
Place container of vinegar water on top of the fridge.
Clip one end of water filled plastic tube in that container.
Insert other end of tube in the fridge water inlet.
Clip one end of another water filled plastic tube in the ice collection tray.
Put other end of that tube into a large bucket on the floor.
There will be no "flooding" if the container on top of the fridge is small. You can fill with salt water on first few passes, then vinegar water, and finally with clean water.
said by robbin:At most, you can direct a little spray from a pump spray bottle into it and then try to wipe it out. Suggesting anything else is truly ridiculous.
For regular cleaning of the icemaker assembly with salt, you don't have to spray or even wipe.
Turn off icemaker. Wait.
Sprinkle salt on remaining ice. Wait.
Turn back on. Wait.
Discard salty ice.
said by robbin:As far as salt water -- bad idea.
Yes, it is a bad idea if you deliberately spray salt water directly on electrical stuff outside the PLASTIC icemaker assembly.