Refrigerator with icemaker chilled by thermoelectric device cooled by fresh food compartment air

An ice making system in a refrigerated appliance comprising:

• a refrigerated compartment;
• a door that provides access to the refrigerated compartment;
• an icemaker mounted in the refrigerated compartment, the icemaker further comprising an ice mold;
• a thermoelectric device comprising a warm side and a cold side disposed remotely from the ice mold;
• a fluid pathway thermally connected to the cold side and the ice mold and defining a fluid flow direction;
• a air pathway thermally connected to the warm side;
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• an intelligent control in operable communication with a plurality of controllers and a plurality of fans located in the air pathway and a plurality of pumps located in the fluid pathway.

A refrigerator comprising:

• a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment;
• an icemaker mounted remotely from the freezer compartment, the icemaker further comprising an ice mold;
• a thermoelectric device comprising a warm side and a cold side disposed remotely from the ice mold;
• a fluid pathway defining a fluid flow direction, the fluid pathway thermally coupled with the thermoelectric device and the ice mold comprising a fluid supply line located in the fluid flow direction between the thermoelectric device and the ice mold, and a fluid return line located in the fluid flow direction between the ice mold and the thermoelectric device;
• an air pathway thermally connected to an air sink on the warm side of the thermoelectric device, the air pathway having an air supply line and an air return line that are in fluid communication with a controller and a fan;
• an intelligent control in operable communication with a plurality of flow controllers and a plurality of fans located in the air pathway and a plurality of pumps located in the fluid pathway.