Whirlpool Automatic Ice Maker Installation Guide download pdf (Page 16)

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Installing the Water Line

Choosing a location

1. Open the copper tubing kit that you

purchased earlier, and lay the contents

neatly on a table where you can identify

them easily. The parts from the kit that you

will use are as follows:

1 Regular Valve (not the steel-

piercing type)

2 Compression Sleeves

2 Compression Nuts

2 Clamps

2 Screws

2 Nuts

1 Gasket Seal

1 Length of Coiled Copper Tubing

NOTE: When you work with the soft copper

tubing, be careful not to kink it. If you

accidentally kink the tubing, do not use it.

IMPORTANT: Do not install water line tubing

in a location where the temperature may fall

below freezing; otherwise, property damage

could occur.

2. Choose a suitable water pipe location to

install the water shut-off valve (see side

diagram for some suggested locations). We

recommend installing the valve on a vertical

length of cold (not hot) water pipe that is

nearest your refrigerator. If a vertical length

of pipe is not nearby, you can use a

horizontal length of water pipe, however,

you will have to drill the access hole for the

valve into the top or side of the pipe (not the

bottom). This will keep water in the pipe

from flowing down onto the drill, and also

keep sediment from collecting in the valve

later.

NOTE: Depending on the location of the

horizontal pipe in relation to the floor and

wall, drilling into it may not be possible.

3. Drill a

3

⁄8

"

hole through the floor or wall to

the water pipe.

Through

floor to

basement

cold water

pipe

In crawl

space

under

home to

cold water

pipe

Typical water pipe locations

Under sink

to cold

water pipe

Through

wall to

utility room

cold water

pipe

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