Whirlpool ED20DFXEB00 warranty Connecting to water line, Installing Your Refrigerator

Connecting to water line

1.Find a 1⁄2-inch to 11⁄4-inch vertical COLD water pipe near the refrigerator.

NOTE: Horizontal pipe will work, but the following

precaution must be taken: Drill on the top side of the pipe, not the bottom. This will help keep water away from the drill. This also keeps normal sediment from collecting in the valve.

2.Measure from connection on rear of refrigerator to water pipe. Add 8 feet (2.4 m) to allow for moving refrigerator for cleaning. This is the length of 1⁄4-inch O.D. copper tubing you will need for the job (length from connection to water pipe PLUS 8 feet [2.4 m]). Be sure both ends of copper tubing are cut square.

3.Turn OFF main water supply. Turn ON nearest faucet at the lowest elevation long enough to clear line of water.

4.Using a grounded drill, drill a 1⁄4-inch hole on one side of the cold water pipe you have selected.

5.Fasten shut-off valve to cold water pipe with pipe clamp. Be sure outlet end is solidly in the 1⁄4-inch drilled hole in the water pipe and that washer is under the pipe clamp. Tighten packing nut. Tighten the pipe clamp screws carefully and evenly so washer makes a watertight seal. Do not overtighten or you may crush the copper tubing, especially if soft (coiled) copper tubing is used. Now you are ready to connect the copper tubing.

6.Slip compression nut and compression sleeve on copper tubing as shown in diagram. Insert end of tubing into outlet end squarely as far as it will go.

Screw compression nut onto outlet end with adjust- able wrench. Do not overtighten. Turn ON main water supply and flush out tubing until water is clear. Turn OFF shut-off valve on the water pipe. Coil copper tubing.

INSTALLING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Vertical cold
water pipe
	Rubber washer	1⁄4-inch O.D. copper
Packing		tubing (length from
	Pipe clamp	inlet on rear of
nut		refrigerator to water
		pipe plus 8 feet
		[2.4 m])

Water shut-off valve*

Compression Compression

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TO REFRIGERATOR ➔

* Controls water supply

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