
- STEP 1: INSTALL COLD WATER SUPPLY FITTING -
Check | and | comply | with | local | plumbing |
| codes | as you plan, | then | install | a cold | feed | (supply) |
| water | fitting. | The | |||||||||||||||||||||
fitting | must | provide | a |
| connection | to | the | RO | 1/4" | tubing | (see | FIG. |
| 8, page | 8). A | typical |
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using | the | included | water | supply |
| fitting | is shown | in FIG.3 - A below. | An | optional | connection, |
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plumbing | fittings | (not | included), |
| is | shown | in B. |
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Note: | Codes | in the state | of Massachusetts |
| require | installation | by a licensed | plumber, | and | do not | permit | the | use of a saddle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
valve. | For | installation, | use | plumbing | code | of | the | Commonwealth |
| of Massachusetts. |
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A. | WATER | SUPPLY | FITTING |
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| B. OPTIONAL |
| PIPE FITTINGS (compression | type | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1. Close the house main water shutoff valve and open | shown) |
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faucets | to | drain | water | from | the | sink | cold | water | pipe. | Note: | Be | sure | to | turn | off | the | water |
| supply | and | open | |||||||||||||||||
2. | Remove |
| nut | that | connects |
| the | cold | water | faucet | to | a low | faucet | to | drain | the | pipe. |
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cold water |
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| Complying | with | plumbing |
| codes, | install |
| a fitting | on | |||||||||||||||
3. Use pipe joint compound or Teflon tape on cold water |
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the | kitchen | cold | water | pipe |
| to | adapt | 1/4" OD tubing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
faucet stud threads and on the male threads of the water |
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A | typical | connection |
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supply fitting that connect to the cold water pipe. |
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| threaded | fittings | are | used, |
| be | sure |
| to | use | pipe | joint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. | Thread | water | supply | fitting | onto | pipe | and | reconnect | compound |
| or | Teflon | tape | on | outside |
| threads. |
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nut to bottom of fitting. |
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| B. WATER SUPPLY TYPICAL CONNECTION |
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I | FIG. 3 |
| A. | WATER SUPPLY | CONNECTION |
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| (using | compression | fitting) |
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| faucet stud |
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| water supply | fitting |
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| lf4" | green tubing | to |
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| RO inlet (see step 2, on |
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cold
1/4 compression
fitting insert
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| cold | 1/4" tubingto | _._(_ | " |
| water | |||
| RO inlet (see step |
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cold water | 2, on page 8) |
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shutoff |
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Problems, Questions? | Call | Kenmore | Water | Line |