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13
Connecting the Water Supply
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 (¼inch/6.4mm). Slide
ferrule (sleeve) into valve inlet and
finger tighten compression nut onto
valve. Tighten another half turn with
a wrench; DO NOT over tighten. See
Figure 1.
If you use braided flexible stainless
steel tubing - The nut is already
assembled on the tubing. Slide nut
onto valve inlet and finger tighten nut
onto valve. Tighten another half turn
with a wrench; DO NOT over tighten.
See Figure 2.
5 With steel clamp and screw, secure
water supply line to rear panel of
refrigerator as shown.
6 Coil excess water supply line (copper
tubing only), about 2½turns, behind
refrigerator as shown and arrange
coils so they do not vibrate or wear
against any other surface. Do not
kink tubing.
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
the ice maker’s On/Off power switch
to the “On” position (fresh food ice
maker).
Figure 1
Plastic Water
Tubing to Ice
Maker Fill
Tube
Steel
Clamp
Brass
Compression
Nut
Ferrule
(Sleeve)
Copper
water line
Water Valve
Bracket
Valve Inlet
Water Valve
Copper water line
from household
water supply
(Include enough tubing in loop to allow
moving refrigerator out for cleaning.)
Steel
Clamp
Stainless
Steel
water Line
Water Valve
Bracket
Valve Inlet
Water Valve
6 ft (1.8 Meters) Stainless Steel
water line from household
water supply
Plastic Water Tubing
to Ice Maker
Fill Tube
(Include enough tubing in loop to allow
moving refrigerator out for cleaning.)
Figure 2
NOTE
These instructions do not cover after
market ice maker installation. Instructions in
after market ice maker kit should be used.
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