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Leveling
Crisper Shelf
2. Refrigerator is not to be used for a
CONNECTING
ICE
MAKER
If the crisper shelf is not level, adjust the
considerable time, such as vacations.
TO WATER
SUPPLY
support leg as shown.
Also, turn off the water supply to the
icemaker in this instance, if practical
All installations must be in accordance
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with local plumbing
code requirements.
3. Water supply
is to be shut-off
for
Do not use plastic tubing or plastic fit-
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several hours.
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tings because the connection between the
How
the
Icemaker
Works
water supply
and the refrigerator
water
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valve inlet is under
constant
pressure.
Water fills the empy cube mold when
Also, certain types of plastic tubing may
the freezer compartment
has cooled
to
become brittle with age and crack, result-
freezing
temperature.
Cold air is forced
Jng in water leakage.
directly over mold. When frozen, the cubes
Tubing (V4" O.D.) and saddle valve can
MAGNETIC
DOOR GASKETS
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be purchased from local hardware stores.
Door gaskets are magnetized to insure an
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Sweat or flare connection can be used in-
air tight seal all around. These gaskets cling
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stead of the compression union, if desired.
to the cabinet front, once the doors are
be
closed to within their magnetic range.
Note: When using unfiltered well water, it
is advisable to use a filter in the water sup-
AUTOMATIC
ICE
MAKER
ply line. This eliminates
all possibility
of
The automatic ieemaker is designed to
small particles from entering the water
furnish a continual supply of ice cubes,
are rotated up and out of the mold. The
valve.
With this useful feature, you no longer
sweeper arm ejects them into the ice stor-
1. Working at the right rear of the cabi-
have the inconvenience of filling ice cube
age bin below. The sensor arm senses
trays, or the frustration of running out of
net, remove the screws from the right
ice.
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and left end of the black fiber panel
The amount of ice produced depends on
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that
covers the machine
compart-
the temperature
in the freezer section of
Ice
ment with an adjustable wrench, and
your refrigerator.
The colder the freezer
remove the panel. Save the screws
section, the more ice is produced. We sug-
t
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for later reinstallation
as this panel is
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Ice Pan
required for proper and safe operation
gest you start with your refrigerator
and
freezer controls
at their mid settings.
In
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of the refrigerator.
most cases, this is satisfactory. If the door
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to the refrigerator or freezer is opened fre-
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quently or temperatures
in the kitchen are
when the bin is full and signals the icemak-
abnormally
high, a colder setting
may be
er to stop ejecting more cubes. Meanwhile,
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necessary,
the mold has been refilled and cubes fro-
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After your model has been installed and
zen so the new supply is ready when need-
the water supply connected to the icemak-
ed. As soon as ice is removed from the bin,
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er, it may be 8 to 12 hours before the
the sensor arm signals that more is need-
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icemaker furnishes
any usable ice cubes,
ed. The icemaker
resumes operation
by
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"_'Access Panel
The first one or two harvests will, proba-
ejecting
ready-and-waiting
frozen cubes.
bly contain undersized and irregular cubes
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because of air in the supply line.
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2. Find a 3/8" to 1" vertical COLD wa-
The initial harvest may also contain im-
tar pipe near the refrigerator.
Water
purities from the new water supply piping,
pressure must be between
20 and
Therefore, all cubes from the first two or
120 p.s.i. Vertical pipe is preferable,
three harvests should be discarded. Once
but a horizontal pipe will work. If a
this initial starting
period is past,
your
horizontal pipe is used, install the sad-
icemaker
will
perform
steadily
and
dle valve on the top or the side of the
dependably,
pipe, not on the bottom.
lee cubes that have been in the ice stor-
age bin for a considerable
length of time
3. Turn OFFthe main water supply and
may pick up off-flavor
taste, stick togeth-
drain the selected pipe.
er, and gradually become smaller. We sug-
4. Follow the installation
instructions
gest that these cubes be thrown away. We
also suggest using an open box of baking
For Your Safety
that
are supplied
with
the saddle
valve for proper and safe installation.
soda in the refrigerator
for food odor
Do not place fingers or hands on the
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pipe
absorption,
tomatic icemaking
mechanism while the
PiPe C lamps
Certain sounds may accompany the var-
refrigerator
is plugged
in. This will help
ious cycles of the icemaker. The motor
protect you from possible injury. It will also
may have a slight hum--the
cubes will rat
prevent interference
with moving parts of
tie as they
fall into an empty
storage
the ejector mechanism
and the heating
BtassSleev
e
pan--the
water valve may click or "buzz"
element
that releases the cubes.
occasionally. All of these sounds are nor-
Under certain rare circumstances,
ice
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mal and should be ignored,
cubes may be discolored,
usually appear-
Manual
The icemaker has a wire sensor arm that
ing with a green-bluish hue. The cause of
shu_ o ff
is connected to a shut-off switch. This arm
this unusual discoloration
is apparently
a
valve
stops the mechanism
when the ice cube
combination
of factors
such as certain
Co_d water
storage pan is full, and restarts
it after
characteristics
of local waters, household
u.e
several ice cubes have been used. You can
plumbing and the accumulation
of copper
Copp*r
Tubing
use the stop arm to stop all productions
salts in an inactive water supply line which
of ice at any time. All you need to do is
feeds the icemaker.
raise the arm into the OFF position.
Continued
consumption
of such dis-
5. Route the copper tubing through the
The icemaker
should be turned off (arm
colored
ice cubes
may be injurious
to
floor, wall or sink cabinet to the sad-
health. If such discoloration
is observed,
die valve location.
Form the excess
up) when:
discard the ice cubes and contact the deal-
tubing into a large loop. This allows
1. Ice storage bin is to be removed for
er from
whom
the
refrigerator
was
movement of the refrigerator without
extended period of time.
purchased,
disconnecting
the tubing.
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