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Installation
Instructions
WHAT YOU WILL NEED (CONT.)
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 GEwater
supplykit
(containing
robing, shutoff
valve and fittings listed below) is available at extra
cost flom vour dealer or flom Parts and Accessories,
800-626-2602
(in (anada
1.888.261.3055).
• 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
_onne_t the _opper robing
to the shutotfvalve
and the reliigerator
water
valve.
OR
• If you are using a GE Smart( onnecff v Refiigerator
Tubing kit, the necessa_ y fittings are preassembled
to
tlle robing.
• 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 fitting
with a tube cutter and then use a compression
fitting.
Do not cut formed
end flom GE Smart( onnect
TM
Refiigerator
robing.
• Shutoff valve to connect to the cold water line.
The shutoffvalve
should have a water inlet with a
minimum
inside diameter
of 5/32" at the point of
connection
to the COLD WATER LINE. Saddle-type
shutoffvalves
are included
in many water supply kits.
Betore purchasing,
make sure a saddleqype
valve
complies with your local plumbing
codes.
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Install the shutoffvalve
on the nearest tiequemly
used
drinking
water line.
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SHUT OFF THE MAIN WATER
SUPPLY
Turn
on the nearest
tim(el
long enough
to (lear the
line of water.
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CHOOSE THE VALVE LOCATION
Choose a location tot the valve that is easily
accessible. It is best to connect into the side of a
vertical water pipe. When it is necessa_ y to connect
into a horizontal
water pipe, make the connection
to the top or side, rather than at the bottom,
to avoid drawing off any sediment
flom the
water pipe.
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DRILL THE HOLE FOR THE VALVE
I)rill a 1/4" hole in the water pipe (even if using a
seltZpierdng
valve), using a sharp bit. Remove any
burrs resuhing
tiom drilling the hole in the pipe.
Take care not to allow water
to drain
into the drill.
Failure to drill a 1/4" hole may resuh in reduced
ice
production
or smaller cubes.
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