Whirlpool 5GT118FFEW, 5MT519SFEG, 5WT519SFEG, 5WT519SFEW, ART308FFDB Installation Instructions

Installation

G U I D E

Table of Contents
(complete) ...................	2
Requesting Assistance
or Service .......................	2
Important Information ...	3
Before You Begin ..........	4
Installing the
Ice Maker ........................	6
Installing the
Water Line ....................	17
Final Installation ..........	23
Starting the
Ice Maker ......................	25
Troubleshooting ..........	26

MODULAR ICE MAKER KIT

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Table of Contents

Requesting Assistance or Service	...................2
Important Information ......................................	3
Before You Begin ..............................................	4
Tools ...................................................................	4
Installation notes ................................................	4
Important safety instructions .............................	4
Components ......................................................	5
Installing the Ice Maker...................................	6
Making preparations .........................................	6
Side-by-side models .........................................	7
Top/bottom freezer models ...............................	9
Installing the tubing clips .................................	11
Preparing the water valve tubing
(for bottom freezers only)..................................	12
Mounting the water valve .................................	13
Connecting the water valve tubing...................	14
Mounting the ice maker ...................................	15

Routing the copper tubing ................................	16
Installing the shut-off valve ...............................	17
Connecting the copper tubing
to the shut-off valve ..........................................	18
Connecting the copper tubing
to the water valve...............................................	21
Turning the water on .........................................	22
Final Installation...............................................	23
Installing the access cover
and forming the copper tubing .........................	23
Connecting the power/
leveling the unit .................................................	24
Starting the Ice Maker ......................................	25
Troubleshooting ................................................	26
Operational notes .............................................	26
Troubleshooting chart .......................................	26
The modular ice maker service sheet ...............	27
Ice maker replacement parts list .......................	28

Requesting Assistance or Service

If you need assistance, contact your dealer, or call the Whirlpool Consumer Assistance Center toll-free, 18006932538, 24 hours a day.

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Important Information

The following information is used throughout this Installation Guide. Read it carefully so you are familiar with it.

Your safety and the safety of others are very important.

many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and obey all safety

safety alert symbol.

alerts you to potential hazards that can kill or hurt you and others.

messages will follow the safety alert symbol and either the word “DANGER” or “WARNING.” mean:

DANGER WARNING

You can be killed or seriously injured if you don't immediately follow instructions.

You can be killed or seriously injured if you don't follow instructions.

All safety messages will tell you what the potential hazard is, tell you how to reduce the chance of injury, and tell you what can happen if the instructions are not followed.

This Installation Guide gives you complete instructions on how to install the Ice Maker Kit in your refrigerator-freezer and connect a water line to it. Please read the guide

carefully and follow the instructions exactly as described. Also, make sure that you observe all of the “safety” instructions.

This kit is designed so that almost anyone can install it; however, a certain amount of mechanical ability is required.

Before you start to install your Ice Maker Kit, 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.

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Before You Begin

Tools

Gather required tools and parts before starting installation. Read and follow the instructions provided with any tools listed here.

1.Regular screwdriver

2.Phillips screwdriver

3.7⁄16" and 1⁄2" open-end wrenches (or an adjustable wrench)

4.Pliers

5.1⁄4" nut driver

6.Hand drill with 1⁄4" drill bit

7.Small hand level (optional)

8.Small 3⁄4-round file

9.Tubing cutter

10.Center punch

11.Hammer

12.Scissors

13.Ruler

14.Step stool (optional)

Installation notes

1.Follow the instructions carefully. Read through the entire step so that you understand it before you perform it.

2.The illustrations in this Installation Guide are meant to clarify the installation steps you need to perform. For each set of steps shown, refer to the diagram immediately beside or below the text for clarification. Some illustrations also contain “DETAILS.” DETAILS are contained in bubbles alongside the larger illustration. A DETAIL shows a close-up illustration of a certain portion of a diagram or an illustration of a specific step

you are to perform. DETAILS are labeled A, B, or C and are clearly referenced in each step.

3.When you are instructed to install a part, position the part as shown in the illustration.

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Components

Remove the contents from the shipping carton and set them on a table where they can be easily identified and located. Check all of the components in the kit against the following list to help you become familiar with them. When you identify a component, place a check mark

( 3) after it. The KEY numbers correspond to the “Component Illustrations.”

IMPORTANT: When you remove the water valve and flexible tubing from the styrofoam packing insert, do not remove the tubing from the valve. It has been factory-installed and leak-tested. Do not disturb the compression nut that connects the tubing to the valve, or the valve may leak after you connect it to the water supply.

Do not discard any of the packing material until			COMPONENT ILLUSTRATIONS
you account for all of the components. If you
need to order a replacement part for the Ice
Maker, a replacement parts list is provided on
page 28.
KEY	QTY.	DESCRIPTION
1	1	Ice maker
2	1	Ice bucket
3	1	Water valve w/tubing
4	1	Fill tube
5	1	Gasket * (and) ** only
6	1	21⁄2" (short) extension tube
7	1	6" (long) extension tube*
8	2	Ice maker clips*
9	2	Tubing clips
10	1	Metal water tube insert
11	1	Water valve tubing clamp
12	4	1⁄2" hex-head sheet-metal screws		11
13	2	1⁄2" hex-head machine screws			12
14	2	3⁄4" hex-head sheet-metal screws
15	1	4" extension tube**	14		13
16	1	33⁄8" extension tube***
17	1	Bracket fill tube***	15		16
18	1	Grommet Condenser**

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* For installation in Side-By-Side Models only.	18

**For installation in 14 to 18 Cubic Foot Top Freezer Models.

***For installation in 11 Cubic Foot Top Freezer Models only (kit 24ECKMF).

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Installing the Ice Maker

Making preparations

Refer to the illustration below for the following steps.

1.Carefully pull the refrigerator away from the wall so that you can easily access the rear panel.

WARNING

Electrical Shock Hazard Disconnect power before installing ice maker.

Failure to do so can result in death or electrical shock.

4.On an appliance with a bottom freezer, remove the slide-out basket, the ice cube trays, and the wire ice cube holder

(if necessary, refer to your “Use and Care Guide” for the procedure). Set these items aside.

On top-mount models without a full-width freezer shelf, remove the ice tray shelf. Place the shelf aside, as you will use it later to support the ice bucket.

If you have a side-by-side model refrigerator, proceed to “Side-by-side models” on page 7. If you have a refrigerator with a top or

a bottom freezer, proceed to “Top/bottom freezer models” on page 9.

NOTE: The work area for all three model refrigerator-freezers is shown in DETAIL A below.

Detail

2.Unplug Refrigerator or disconnect power.

IMPORTANT: If you have a side-by-side model refrigerator-freezer, be careful when you open the freezer door to work inside that you do not force the door against the stop at the bottom of the door. If you bend the stop, the door will not close properly.

3.On appliances with a top or a bottom freezer, open the freezer door and remove all of the food items from inside the freezer compartment.

	You will be
left side	working in
of freezer	these areas
compartment

For side-by-side units, you should only have to remove food items from the top half of the freezer section.

This should give you enough room to access the areas to install

the ice maker.

Rear wall

Power cord plug and

receptacle

Rear wall

Rear wall

Power	Power
cord	cord
plug and	plug and
receptacle	receptacle

Top freezer model

Bottom freezer model

Side-by-side model

Work areas on the three model refrigerator-freezers

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Side-by-side models

Refer to the side diagram for the following steps. You will be working inside the freezer compartment.

1.Remove the phillips screw from the ice maker wiring cover and remove the cover.

2.Refer to DETAIL A, and with a pair of pliers, break away the tabs from the wiring cover and discard them.

3.Insert the blade of a small screwdriver under the edge of the round hole plug for the fill tube, (located at the back of the freezer liner), and pry it out. You can discard the plug.

Refer to the side diagram for the following steps. You will be working on the outside at the rear of the cabinet.

1.In the upper right corner of the cabinet, peel off the label that is over the fill tube hole.

2.Pull the foam insert out of the fill tube hole and discard it.

Refer to the side diagram for the following steps.

1.Locate the fill tube and the round foam gasket from the ice maker kit (the gasket may already be installed on the fill tube). If not already done, slide the gasket over the end of the fill tube.

2.Insert the fill tube through the hole in the rear of the refrigerator with the spout facing down, and secure it with two 1⁄2" hex-head sheetmetal screws.

Insert pin
into hole	Pin	Hole cover
Hole
Wiring		Slot	Phillips
harness			screw
		Tab	Insert tab
			into slot

Wiring

cover

DETAIL A

Break off and discard

Ice maker wiring cover

Remove this label for Ice Maker in allation

Foam insert

Label

Removing the label and foam plug

1⁄2" hex-head sheet-metal screws

Fill tube

Spout Foam gasket

Installing the fill tube/gasket

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Refer to the side diagram for the following step. You will be working inside the freezer compartment.

1.Install the plastic extension by sliding it over the fill tube as far as it will go.

Refer back to the side diagram for the following step.

2.Position the wiring harness so that it is through the slot in the wiring cover. Insert the tab at the back of the wiring cover into the freezer liner slot. Press the pin on the side of the wiring cover into the hole in the side of the freezer liner so it locks into place. Secure the wiring cover with the phillips screw you removed earlier.

Proceed to “Installing the tubing clips” on page 11.

Fill tube

Slot

Wiring harness

Long fill

tube extension

Installing the long fill tube extension

	Insert pin
	into hole	Hole cover
	Pin
Hole
Wiring		Slot	Phillips
harness			screw
		Tab	Insert tab
			into slot
	Wiring
	cover

Break off and discard

Replacing the ice maker wiring cover

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Top/bottom freezer models

Refer to the side diagrams for the following 2 steps. You will be working inside the freezer compartment.

1.On models with a open-top ice maker fill tube and wiring cover:

Remove the screw from the ice maker wiring cover.

Squeeze top and bottom to loosen snaps. Remove and discard ice maker

wiring cover.

On models with a flat cover:

Remove the screw from the ice maker wiring cover.

Unhook the right side tab from the edge of the back cover. Remove ice maker wiring cover.

Look at the back side of the flat wiring cover and note the grooved lines. Use a pair of pliers and bend the areas inside the grooved lines back and forth until they break away from the wiring cover.

2.Pull the 4-wire ice maker harness out from behind the freezer’s back cover as far as possible, and hang it over the edge of the cutout. Do not remove any other wiring from the cutout.

Refer to the side diagrams for the following step. You will be working on the back of the refrigerator cabinet.

1.On the back of the cabinet, peel off the label that is over the fill tube hole.

On 11 Cubic Foot Top Freezer Models ONLY (kit 24ECKMF)

Install "Bracket Fill Tube" in the refrigerator back. Use holes in the back of refrigerator as reference.

Insert the fill tube through the hole in "Bracket Fill Tube" with Spout, twist and lock Spout in place. Verify the Spout is held in place by the "Bracket Fill Tube" ribs.

This type of fix will not require any screws in the Spout at all, screws will be inserted in the "Bracket Fill Tube".

Mounting hole

Open top fill tube

Snaps

Cover

Hex screw

Snap

Removing wiring cover with open-top fill tube

Mounting hole

Hex screw

Tab

Wiring cover

Break o and discard.

Removing the flat wiring cover

Remove this label for Ice Maker installation

Label

Removing the label

1⁄2" hex-head sheet-metal screws

Spout	Fill tube	Ribs	Bracket
			fill tube

Installing the fill tube/bracket fill tube (11 cubic foot models)

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Top/bottom freezer models (continued)

Refer to the side diagrams for the following steps.

1.(continued)

On 14 to 18 Cubic Foot Top Freezer and Bottom Freezer Models

Locate the fill tube and the round foam gasket from the ice maker kit (the gasket may already be installed on the fill tube). If not already done, slide the gasket over the end of the fill tube.

Insert the fill tube through the hole in the rear of the refrigerator with the spout facing down, and secure it with two 1⁄2" hex-head sheetmetal screws.

Refer to the side diagrams for the following steps. You will be working inside the freezer compartment.

1.Slide the plastic fill tube extension

(See components table on page 5) over the end of the fill tube as far as it will go

(see DETAIL A).

NOTE: The plastic fill tube extension is not required for models with open-top fill tube.

2.Flat wiring cover: Install the wiring cover over the fill tube with the wiring harness through the slot. Hook the tab in the side of the wiring cover into the slot in the back cover of the freezer, and secure the cover with the screw you removed earlier

(see DETAIL B).

1⁄2" hex-head sheet-metal screws

Fill tube

Spout Foam gasket

Installing the fill tube/gasket (14 to 18 cubic foot and Bottom Freezer models)

DETAIL A

		Fill
		tube
	Wiring	fill tube
		extension
	harness
		(See components
		table on page 5)
	Installing the fill tube extension
		DETAIL B
	Mounting
	hole
		Edge of
		cover
	Hex screw	Tab

Route harness through slot and fill tube through hole

Route harness through slot and fill tube through hole

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Installing the tubing clips

Refer to the side diagram for the following steps.

1.Remove the seven hex-head screws from the rear access cover, then remove the cover and set it aside.

NOTE: If you have a later unit with a metal panel, (see DETAIL A), remove the hex-head screw from the access cover. Discard the cover and its screw. Do not remove the 7 hex-head screws from the larger rear access cover.

2.Peel the backing from the adhesive sides of the tubing clips. Press the clips against the back of the cabinet in the right channel at the approximate locations shown in DETAIL B. Center the clips between the fill tube and the top of the access opening. Alternate fill tube designs ares shown in DETAIL C and DETAIL D (for 11 Cubic Foot Top Freezer Models with Fill Tube and Bracket Fill Tube).

If you have a bottom freezer, proceed to page 12. If you have a side-by-side (SXS) or a top freezer unit, proceed to page 13.

DETAIL C			DETAIL D
Alternate			Fill tube with
fill tube			bracket fill tube
design			(11 Cubic Foot Top
			Freezer Models)
			Fill Tube	Bracket
				Fill Tube

		Right
	Fill tube for	channel
	top and SXS
	freezers only
		DETAIL B
		Tubing
		clip
		Top and SXS
		freezers
	Fill tube for bottom
	freezer models
		Tubing
		clip
	Remove 7 hex-	Bottom
		freezers
	head screws
	from rear
	access cover

Metal panel

Access cover

Remove hexhead screw from rear access cover

DETAIL A

Installing the tubing clips

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Preparing the water valve tubing

(for bottom freezers only)

Refer to the side diagram for the following steps.

1.Untaped the coiled flexible tubing coming from the water valve and straighten it.

2.Starting at the top of the compression nut on the water valve, measure the tubing for 30", and mark the location on the tubing with a pen.

3.Use a pair of scissors or a hobby knife, and make an even cut across the water valve tubing at the 30" mark you made in the previous step. Discard the excess tubing.

CUT TUBING

HERE

MAKE AN

EVEN CUT

ACROSS 30" TOP

Compression nut

Water valve

Preparing the water valve tubing (for bottom freezers only)

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Mounting the water valve

Refer to the diagram below for the following steps.

NOTE: For 11 Cubic Foot Top Freezer Models only, use a wire tie to get together capillary tube and dryer. This should be done by installer before installing water valve, to make more room for water valve installation. Installer should move

all thin tubing to be in parallel with cabinet (refrigerator side wall). By doing this, we assure that NO COPPER TUBBING is above valve connector (see DETAIL A).

1.Locate the 2-pin water valve solenoid connector (with the brown and two white wires) that is taped to the main wiring harness at the lower right corner of the rear access (see DETAIL B).

Mounting the water valve

2.Refer to DETAIL C and insert the 2-pin connector over the water valve solenoid terminals as far as possible (if the harness is not long enough, break the tape holding it to the main harness). You can position the connector with the wires at either terminal.

3.Refer to DETAIL C and mount the water valve to the mounting holes in the cabinet frame with two 1⁄2" hex-head machine screws. Make sure that you tighten these two screws securely.

DETAIL A

Wire Tie

Valve connector

	Dryer
	DETAIL B	2-pin connector
Brown
(2) White
	DETAIL C

2-pin connector	1⁄2" hex-head
	machine screws
Water valve

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Fill tubeDETAIL D

Connecting the water valve tubing

Refer to the diagram below for the following steps.

1.Refer to the inset in DETAIL A and pull the plastic insert out of the fill tube spout and discard it.

2.Locate the water valve tubing clamp (from the ice maker kit), and note that one of the flanges is made for a threaded screw and the other side has a round hole. Position this clamp with the round hole side facing up, and slide it over the end of the spout (see DETAILS A, B and D). Thread a 1⁄2" hex-head sheet metal screw into the clamp with your fingers as far as possible. You will tighten the screw later.

3.Refer to DETAIL A, and position the metal water tube insert as shown, then press it all the way into the water valve tubing.

4.Refer to DETAIL B and D, and slide the end of the tubing into the end of the fill tube spout as far as it will go (if the tubing does not reach, pull as much as necessary up through the clips), then tighten the tubing clamp screw as much as possible. Pull on the tubing to make sure that it is secure. If it slides out of the spout, push it back in, and tighten the clamp screw further until the tubing is secure.

5.Press the tubing into the two clips

(see DETAIL C) you installed earlier on the back of the cabinet. You will connect the free end of the tubing later.

6.Pull any excess tubing near the fill tube down through the two clamps so it forms a straight line with a loop at the bottom of the water valve.

Insert end of tubing into this fill tube (for top/ SXS freezers)

Insert end of tubing into this fill tube (for bottom freezers)

		DETAIL B
		Fill tube
		Slide clamp
		over spout
	Top/SXS	Fill tube
		spout
		freezers

	Tighten
	screw on	Bracket
	spout as
		Fill tube
	much as
	possible	Slide clamp
	Insert tubing	over spout
	into spout
	as far as
	possible

	Water
	valve	DETAIL A
	tubing

Tighten screw on spout as much as

possible

Insert tubing into spout as far as possible

Tubing clip

DETAIL C

Bottom	freezers

Remove plastic insert

INSET	Fill tube
	spout
	Water valve
	tubing clamp
	1⁄2" hex-head
	sheet-metal
	screw
Water tube insert
Water valve
tubing

Connecting the water valve tubing to the fill tube

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Mounting the ice maker

Refer to the side diagram for the following step.

1.Look at the ice maker’s fill cup and note that the rear of the cup has a “U” shaped groove (either of the sides may also be grooved). Use your fingers, (or a pair of pliers, if it is easier), and remove only the rear “knock-out” from the cup. Bend the area back and forth inside the groove until it breaks free. The fill tube will fit through this cutout when you install the ice maker.

Refer to the side diagram for the following steps.

1.Remove and discard the blank connector from the wiring harness. To remove it, lift the locking arm on the side of the blank connector so it is over the tab of the wiring harness connector, and pull the blank connector off.

2.Insert the end of a small-bladed screwdriver under the edges of each of the three ice maker mounting hole plugs in the side of the freezer liner, and pry them out of their holes. You can discard the plugs.

3.For Top/Bottom Freezers Only: Partially install two 3⁄4" hex-head sheet-metal screws into the two top mounting holes (shown in the diagram) of the freezer liner. You will hang the ice maker over these two screws later, so make sure that they protrude out far enough.

4.For Side-By-Side Models Only: Refer to DETAIL A and mount the two mounting clips (from the ice maker kit) to the top mounting holes of the freezer liner with two 3⁄4" hexhead sheet-metal screws. Make sure that both clips hang straight down and then tighten the screws.

Remove knock-out

Fill cup at rear of ice maker

Removing the knock-out

	DETAIL A
SXS MODELS	3⁄4" hex-head
ONLY	sheet-metal
	screws
	Ice maker
	clips

	Hole
	plugs
	Lift locking	Tab
	arm over tab
	Blank connector	Wiring
		harness
	(remove and
		connector
	discard)

Installing the ice maker clips

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Refer to the side diagrams for the following steps.

1.Position the ice maker inside the freezer compartment and connect its wiring connector to the wiring harness connector so they lock together (the locking arm will snap over the raised tab). The connectors will fit together only one way.

2.For Top/Bottom Freezers Only: Hang the ice maker over the two hex-head screws you installed earlier. Make sure that the bottom mounting bracket hole is aligned with the mounting hole in the freezer liner, then tighten the two top hex head screws. Be careful not to overtighten the screws.

Bottom	screw	connectors
mounting
bracket

Mounting the ice maker (top and bottom freezers)

3.For Side-By-Side Models Only: Position the ice maker so that its top and bottom

mounting tabs are flat against the side of the freezer liner. Center the top tabs under the two mounting clips, and push the ice maker straight up so that the mounting clips snap over the tabs and lock into place (you should hear them “click” as they lock).

4.Mount the bottom bracket of the ice maker to the freezer liner mounting hole with a 3⁄4" hex-head sheet-metal screw.

		Insert fill
Ice maker		tube into
	Slide tabs	cup
	under clips
Bottom		1⁄2" hex-head	Wiring
mounting		sheet-metal	harness
bracket		screw	connectors

Mounting the ice maker (side-by-side models)

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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:

1Regular Valve (not the steel-piercing type)

2Compression Sleeves

2 Compression Nuts

2 Clamps

2 Screws

2 Nuts

1 Gasket Seal *

1 Length of Coiled Copper Tubing

* - not needed for 11 Cubic Foot Top Freezer 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 side

diagram for some suggested locations). We

recommend installing the valve on a vertical

length of cold (not hot) water pipe that is

Through

Under sink

Through

In crawl

nearest your refrigerator. If a vertical length of

floor to

to cold

wall to

space

pipe is not nearby, you can use a horizontal

basement

water pipe

utility room

under

length of water pipe, however, you will have

cold water

cold water

home to

pipe

pipe

cold water

to drill the access hole for the valve into the

pipe

top or side of the pipe (not the bottom). This	Typical water pipe locations
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.

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Routing the copper tubing

Refer to the side diagram 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 windings 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.

	Allow 4 to 5 feet of
	coiled tubing for
	moving refrigerator
Back wall	Drill 3⁄8" access
	hole for tubing
	Water
	valve

Coiled copper tubing

Refrigerator

Drill 1⁄4" hole in front side of vertical water pipe

Routing the copper tubing

6.Install a 1⁄4" 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 3⁄4-round file to remove any rough edges from inside the hole, and any burrs from around the top of the hole.

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