Product review (5 stars): Switch is Exact Replacement for Whirlpool ED5VHEXV001 Side by Side
Switch is exactly the same as one that was in there, which incidentally turns out the existing micro switch was still good. What happened was the flimsy plastic tabs that held the switch in place broke and now the actuating paddle lever could no longer hit the switch. Apparently this is extremely common problem with these Whirlpool refrigerators as they use the absolute cheapest possible mounting system and its designed to fail. Rather than buy a whole new plate that would also have those same cheap tabs. I just took a couple 6 x 1" screws and drilled out holes where the plastic posts used to be and also drilled out the spacer using a drill bit slightly smaller than the screws so that the would thread in there and into the new switch without breaking it. There is a good YouTube video showing how to do this, and it wasn't very difficult and won't break off now. Learned my lesson though and now press the glass ever so gingerly against the paddles for water and ice to try and keep the ice one from breaking as well.