Installing The Water Line; Choosing A Location - Whirlpool EZ CONNECT Installation Manual

Installing the Water Line

Choosing a location

1. Open the copper tubing kit that you
purchased earlier, and lay the contents
neatly on a table where you can identify
them easily. The parts from the kit that you
will use are as follows:
1 Regular Valve (not the steel-
piercing type)
2 Compression Sleeves
2 Compression Nuts
2 Clamps
2 Screws
2 Nuts
1 Gasket Seal *
1 Length of Coiled Copper Tubing
* - not needed for 11 Cubic Foot Top Freezer Models (24ECKMF kit)
NOTE: When you work with the soft copper
tubing, be careful not to kink it. If you
accidentally kink the tubing, do not use it.
IMPORTANT: Do not install water line tubing
in a location where the temperature may fall
below freezing; otherwise, property damage
could occur.
2. Choose a suitable water pipe location to
install the water shut-off valve (see side
diagram for some suggested locations). We
recommend installing the valve on a vertical
length of cold (not hot) water pipe that is
nearest your refrigerator. If a vertical length
of pipe is not nearby, you can use a
horizontal length of water pipe, however,
you will have to drill the access hole for the
valve into the top or side of the pipe (not the
bottom). This will keep water in the pipe
from flowing down onto the drill, and also
keep sediment from collecting in the valve
later.
NOTE: Depending on the location of the
horizontal pipe in relation to the floor and
wall, drilling into it may not be possible.
3. Drill a
⁄ " hole through the floor or wall to
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the water pipe.
Through Under sink
floor to to cold
basement water pipe
cold water
pipe
Typical water pipe locations
Through In crawl
wall to space
utility room under
cold water home to
pipe cold water
pipe
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