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Installation
Instructions
INSTALLING THE WATER LINE IONSOME
MODELS)
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Recommended
copper water supply kits are X_K8X2,
_qX8X3 or _X8X4,
depending
on the amount
of
ulbing you need. Approved
plastic water supply lines
are GE SmartConnect'"
Refligerator
Tubing
(X_gK.08X10006,X_qK08X10015 and X_qK08X10025).
When connecting
your refligerator
to a GE Reverse
Osmosis Water System, the only approved
installation
is with a GE RVKit. For other reverse osmosis water
systems, follow the manufacturer's
recommendations.
This water line installation
is not warranted
by the
refligerator
or icemaker
manuthcmrer.
Follow these
instructions
carefully to minimize the risk of expensive
water damage.
Water hammer
(water banging in the pipes) in house
plumbing
can cause damage
to refiigerator
parts and
lead to water leakage or flooding.
Call a qualified
plumber
to correct water hammer
before installing
the water supply line to the refiigeratoL
To prevent
burns
and
product
damage,
do not hook
up tim water line to tim hot water
line.
If you use your refligerator
before commcting
the
water line, make sure the feeler arm is in the STOP
(up) posiOon.
Do not install tim icemaker
robing in areas where
temperatures
fall below freezing.
When using any electrical
device (such as a power
drill) during installation,
be sure the device is double
insulated
or grounded
in a maturer
to prevent
the
hazard of electric shock, or is battm y powered.
All installations
must
be in accordance
with local
plumbing
code
requirements.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
• Copper
or GE SmartConnect
TM
Refrigerator
Tubing
kit, 1/4"
outer
diameter
to connect
the refrigerator
to tim water
supply:
If using
copper,
be sure
both
ends
of tim tubing
are cut square.
To determine
how much robing you need: measure
the distance
flom the water valve on tim back of tim
refligerator
to the water supply pipe. Then add 8'
(2.4 m). Be sure there is sufficient exua robing
(about 8' [2.4 m] coiled into 3 turns of about 10"
[25 cm] diameter)
to allow the refrigerator
to move
out flom the wall after insmllaOon.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED (CONT.)
GE SmartConnect"*
Refrigerator
Tubing Kits are
available in the following lengths:
6' (1.8 m)
-_qK08X10006
15' (4.6 m)
- X4qK08X10015
25' (7.6 m)
- _qK08X10025
Be sure that the kit you select allows at least 8' (2.4 m)
as described
above.
NOTE:
The
only GE approved
plastic
tubing
is that
supplied
in GE SmartConnect
TM
Refrigerator
Tubing
kits. Do not use any other
plastic
water
supply
line
because
the line is under
pressure
at all times.
Certain
types of plastic
will crack
or rupture
with age and
cause water
damage
to your home.
• A GE water supply kit (containing
robing, stmtoff
valve and fittings listed below) is available at extra
cost flom your dealer or flom Parts and Accessories,
1.800.661.1616.
• A cold water supply. The water pressure
must be
between 20 and 120 p.s.i. (1.4-8.1 bar).
• Power drill.
_,_
• 1/2" or adjustable
wrench.
• Straight and Phillips
blade screwdriver.
• Two 1/4" outer diameter
compression
nuts and
2 ferrules
(sleeves)--to
connect
the copper
tubing to the stmtoff
___
valve and tim refligerator
water val_. _ '-_'-__ _ "--Q
OR
• If you are using a GE SmartConnect"*
Refligerator
Tubing kit, the necessary fit6ngs are preassembled
to the tubing.
• If your existing copper water line has a flared fitting
at the end, you will need an adapter
(available at
plumbing
supply stores) to connect
the water line to
the refligerator
OR you can cut off the flared fit6ng
with a tube cutter
and then use a compression
fit6ng. Do not cut formed end flom GE
SmartConnect
'' Refligerator
robing.
• Shutoff valve to
connect
to
the cold
water
line.
The shutoff valve should have a water inlet with a
minimum
inside diameter
of 5/32" at the point of
connec6on
to the COLD WATER LINE. Saddle-type
shutoff vanes are included
in many water supply kits.
Before purchasing,
make sure a saddle-type
valve
complies with your local plumbing
codes.
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