Summit FF1074IM User Manual

WATER-LINE CONNECTION INSTRUCTIONS

FOR INSTALLED (MODULAR) ICE MAKERS

Important Information

 This manual gives you complete instructions on how to

connect a water line to an ice maker already installed in your SUMMIT refrigerator. Please read the manual carefully and follow the instructions exactly as described. Make sure you observe all safety instructions.

 A certain amount of mechanical ability is required to complete

the water connection process.

 You will have to purchase a copper tubing kit that contains a

"Regular Valve and Clamp Assembly" (for refrigerators with an automatic ice maker, or self-filling trays). The kit contains all of the hardware necessary to connect your ice maker to the water supply. You can purchase one at most hardware or plumbing supply stores.

 DO NOT USE PIERCING-TYPE OR 3/16" SHUT-OFF

VALVES. They reduce the flow of water to the ice maker and are easily clogged.

 DO NOT USE POLYETHYLENE TUBING to connect the ice

maker to the water line. Use only 1/4" (O.D.) copper tubing.

 CUSTOMER INSTALLATION IS NOT WARRANTED BY THE

REFRIGERATOR OR ICE MAKER MANUFACTURER.

FELIX STORCH, INC.

Summit Appliance Division

770 Garrison Avenue

Bronx, New York 10474

www.summitappliance.com

Installing the Water Line

Choosing a location

1. Open the copper tubing kit that you purchased previously, 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

*- Not needed for 11FTA models (24ECKMF kit)

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 diagram at side 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 ⅜" hole through the floor or wall to the water pipe.

Routing the copper tubing

Refer to the diagram on the side for the following steps.

1. Uncoil the necessary length of

copper tubing and straighten it, then route the end of the tubing through the access hole you drilled to the location you have chosen to install the shut-off valve. Straighten only enough of the copper tubing to reach this location. Leave the rest coiled near the access hole.

2. At this time, make sure that

you have been supplied with enough tubing so that when you are finished connecting the water line, you will have enough coiled behind the refrigerator to easily move it forward far enough to clean behind it. Also make sure that the coils are large enough so that when the unit is pulled forward, the winding will not stretch too far and kink.

3. Turn off the cold water supply

going to the water pipe where you will be installing the shut-off valve.

4. Open a cold water tap that is

connected to the selected water pipe and bleed off the water pressure. Leave the tap open until after you complete the water line hook up.

5. Use a hammer and a center

punch, and mark the location of the hole for the shut-off valve. If you are marking copper tubing, do not strike the punch hard enough to bend it.

6. Install a ¼" bit in the drill, and

carefully drill an access hole through just the front side (not through both sides) of the cold water pipe.

7. Check the hole and make sure

that you have drilled completely through one side of the pipe. The edges of the hole should be smooth and round. If necessary, use a small ¾-round file to remove any rough edges from inside the hole, and any burrs from around the top of the hole.

Installing the shut-off valve

Refer to the diagram below for the following steps.

1. Locate the shut-off valve and the

front pipe clamp (with the threaded hole in the center) from the copper tubing kit. Then, being careful not to cross-thread the valve, screw the end with the pilot tube into the threaded hole of the clamp. Hand-tighten the valve as far as it will go (the threaded shaft is slightly tapered and can only be tightened so far).

2. Use a ½" open-end (or

adjustable) wrench, and turn the body of the shut-off valve an additional ⅛-turn to secure it to the clamp.

3. Slide the rubber seal gasket

(from the copper tubing kit) over the pilot tube (the unthreaded portion) of the shut-off valve.

4. Carefully slide the pilot tube of

the shut-off valve into the water pipe access hole so it is against the seal gasket, and install the back pipe clamp over the water pipe. Secure the clamps to the pipe with the two screws and nuts that were supplied with the copper tubing kit. Tighten the nuts equally so that the space between the clamps is the same (see DETAIL A). DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN the nuts or you could deform the clamps and damage the seal gasket.

Connecting the copper tubing to the shut-off valve

Refer to the diagram below for the following steps.

1. Straighten a 2" section of copper

tubing and make sure that the opening is round and cut evenly across the end. If necessary, use a tubing cutter (or a hacksaw) and cut the end off, then file it so it is even, and remove any burrs from around the inside and outside edges so it is smooth and round. When you are finished, clean the filings from inside the tubing as much as possible.

2. Position the compression nut as

shown, and slide it over the end of the copper tubing.

3. Slide a compression sleeve over

the copper tubing until it is approximately 1" from the end.

4. Insert the end of the copper

tubing into the outlet connector of the shut-off valve as far as it will go, and then hand tighten the compression nut as much as possible.

5. Using a ½" open-end wrench,

further tighten the compression

nut on the shut-off valve one additional turn. If necessary, you

will tighten the nut further after you turn on the water supply.

6. Turn the T-handle on the shut-off

valve to its fully "open" (counterclockwise rotation) position.

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