Advertisement
Connecti
the Water Suppl'
To connect water supply line to ice maker inlet valve:
1. Disconnect refrigerator from electric power source.
2.
Place end of water supply line into sink or bucket.
Turn ON water supply and flush supply line until
water is clear. Turn OFF water supply at shutoff valve.
3. Remove plastic cap from water valve inlet and
discard cap.
4.
If you use copper tubing - Slide brass compression
nut, then ferrule (sleeve) onto water supply line. Push
water supply line into water valve inlet as far as it will
go (1Ainch / 6 mm). Slide ferrule (sleeve) into valve
inlet and finger tighten compression nut onto valve.
Tighten another half turn with a wrench; DO NOT
overtighten. See Figure 1.
if you use stainless steel tubing - The nut and
ferrule are already assembled on the tubing. Slide
compression nut onto valve inlet and finger tighten
compression nut onto valve•Tighten another half turn
with a wrench; DO NOT overtighten. See Figure 2.
5. With steel clamp and screw, secure water supply line
(copper tubing only) to rear panel of refrigerator as
shown.
6. Coil excess water supply line (copper tubing only),
about 2V2turns, behind refrigerator as shown and
arrange coils so they do not vibrate or wear against
any other surface.
7. Turn ON water supply at shutoff valve and tighten
any connections that leak.
8. Reconnect refrigerator to electrical power source.
9. To turn ice maker on, lower wire signal arm (freezer
....
.
ice maker) or set !he ice maker's On/Off power
Before installing the water supply line, you wifl need.
,,
•
switch to the ON position (fresh food ice maker).
::
• Basic Tools: adjustable wrench, flat-blade
screwdriver, and PhillipsTM screwdriver
• Access to a household cold water line with water
I
I I \\
•
_Steel
1
pressure between 30 and 100 psi.
\!\ .........:erTub,o_
_
clamp JJ \\,,,, .....fo, T ,b,,,
_\
tolce_a_er
ill
_
II
B
|
|
\\
to
ceMaker
_l
u
II
•
1
•
Fill
Tube
rass
Fill
Tube
• A water supply line made of ¼ inch (6 mm) OD,
\_-
'_.
_ ]i comp,o,
.... I I
\_-
,u_
_
II
copper or stainless steel tubing. To determine the
"°ill
II
length of tubing needed, measure the distance
'_o_ I I _
_
I1_
from the ce maker net va ve at the back of the
po_ IF
_!al
_,o,lt_,_
•
,
Water
ne
waterline
refngerator to your cold water pipe. Then add
I
•
•
_
Water
Vatve
Water
Valve
approximately 7 feet (2.1 meters), so the refrigerator
__'_
_Jk,_'\
_'-_"-';'_o,at
II
__%Xj_.,2_t_,,,,,,,
can be moved out for cleaning (as shown).
///
JJJ' S
o' o'i'e! II ///
• Ashutoffvalvetoconnectthewatersupplylineto
I(( //ZJ
_ ..........
II t((
your household water system. DO NOT use a self-
I
•
"
Copper
water
ne
6 ft
Sta
n _ss
Stee
Water
ne
p erc ng type shutoff vave
_//'_¢opp_,water!teo. ,I
_
--- _.stom,o,moo,
f_'om
IlousenQ!d
water
supply
from
hQusebo!d
water
supply
• Do not reuse compress on f tt ng or use thread sea
I
(Inctude
enough
tubin_
m loop
to
allow
|
ta e
r.ov
ng refr
gerator
out
for c can
ng
• A Pcompress on nut and ferru e (s eeve) for
connecting a copper water supply line to the ice
Figure 1
Figure 2
maker inlet valve.
N:ii @
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Advertisement
