14
Connecting Water Supply To Freezer
Check with your local building authority for
recommendations on water lines and associated
materials prior to installing your new freezer.
Depending on your local/state building codes,
Electrolux recommends for homes with existing
valves its Smart Choice® water line kit 5305513409
(with a 6 ft. Stainless Steel Water Line) and for homes
without an existing valve, Electrolux recommends its
Smart Choice® water line kit 5305510264 (with a 20
ft. Copper Water Line with selftapping saddle valve).
Please refer to www.electroluxappliances.com for
more information.
To Connect Water Supply Line To Ice Maker Inlet
Valve
1. Disconnect refrigerator from electric power source.
2. Place end of water supply line into sink or bucket.
Turn ON water supply and fl ush supply line until
water is clear. Turn OFF water supply at shutoff
valve.
3. Remove plastic cap from water valve inlet and
discard cap.
4.
If you use copper tubing
- Slide brass
compression nut, then ferrule (sleeve) onto water
supply line. Push water supply line into water
valve inlet as far as it will go (¼ inch / 6.4 mm).
Slide ferrule (sleeve) into valve inlet and fi nger
tighten compression nut onto valve. Tighten
another half turn with a wrench; DO NOT over
tighten. See Figure 1.
If you use stainless steel tubing
- The nut and
ferrule are already assembled on the tubing. Slide
compression nut onto valve inlet and fi nger tighten
compression nut onto valve. Tighten another half
turn with a wrench; DO NOT over tighten. See
Figure 2.
5. With steel clamp and screw, secure water supply
line (copper tubing only) to rear panel of freezer
as shown.
6. Coil excess water supply line (copper tubing only),
about 2½ turns, behind freezer as shown and
arrange coils so they do not vibrate or wear
against any other surface.
7. Turn ON water supply at shutoff valve and tighten
any connections that leak.
8. Reconnect freezer to electrical power source.
9. To turn ice maker on, lower wire signal arm (side
mounted) or set the ice maker’s On/Off power
switch to the “I” position (rear mounted).
Plastic Water Tubing
Steel
Clamp
Brass
Clamp
Compression
Ferrule
(Sleeve)
Copper
Waterline
to Ice Maker
Fill Tube
Water Valve
Water Valve
Bracket
Valve Inlet
Copper Water Line
From Household Water Supply
Include enough tubing
in loop to allow moving
freezer out for cleaning.
Steel
Clamp
Stainless
Steel
Waterline
6 ft. Stainless Steel Water Line
From Household Water Supply
Plastic Water Tubing
to Ice Maker
Fill Tube
Water Valve
Water Valve
Bracket
Valve Inlet
Figure B. Stainless Steel Water Line Connection
Figure A. Copper Water Line Connection
