Installing The Water Line; Choosing A Location - Whirlpool ECKMF94 - Automatic Ice Maker Installation Manual

Installing the Water Line
Choosing a location
1. Open the copper tubing kit that you pur-
chased 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
NOTE: When you work with the soft copper
tubing, be careful not to kink it. If you acciden-
tally 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 hori-
zontal 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
the water pipe.
Through
Under rink Through In crawl
floor to
tocold wall to space
basement water pipe
utility room under
cold water
cold water home to
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Pipe
cold water
Pipe
Typical water pipe locations
Electrical Shock Hazard
Make sure there are no electrical wires
underneath the floor where the hole is to
be drilled.
Before drilling, put on safety glasses to
avoid eye injury.
Failure to follow these instructions could
result in death or personal injury.
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