Flush Procedure

Whenever water of unknown quality is passed through the GE Water Filtration system, filter elements should be discarded and the filtration system flushed.

Circumstances that may require flushing the system are:

■Boil-water advisory.

■Flooding of the GE Water Filtration system.

■Long-term non-use.

The procedure for flushing the GE Water Filtration system is:

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See Filter Cartridge Replacement section and follow steps 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Next, reinstall the sumps (without the filter elements), turn water on, and flush water through the faucet for one minute.

Then, turn water off, remove sumps, empty water out of sumps and install new filter elements.

Follow steps 5-10 in the Filter Cartridge Replacement section to complete.

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