Whirlpool W11517113, Installation Manual

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5
Installing the Ice Maker
Making preparations
Refer to the illustration below for the following steps.
1. Pull the refrigerator away from the wall so that you can easily
access the rear panel.
IMPORTANT: Make sure to protect the floor from any
damage.
2. Unplug Refrigerator or disconnect power.
3. Open the freezer door and remove all of the food items from
inside the freezer compartment.
4. 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.
NOTE: The work area for refrigerator-freezer is shown in
DETAIL A below.
5. Remove the screw from the ice maker connector & tube
cover. Retain this screw for ice maker installation. Remove
cover.
6. Insert the end of a small-bladed screwdriver under the edge
of the ice maker mounting hole plug in the side of the freezer
liner, and pry it out of its hole. You can discard the plug.
NOTE: Verify the shoulder screws are in position.
7. Take the two jumper harnesses included in the kit and
determine which one can connect to the connector in the rear
wall of the freezer compartment. Discard the other jumper.
Mounting the ice maker
8. Connect the compatible jumper harness to the ice maker
wiring harness. Route the wires over the guide and through
the wire clip on the ice maker.
9. Position the ice maker inside the freezer compartment and
connect its wiring connector to the freezer compartment
connector so they lock together (the locking arm will snap
over the raised tab). The connectors will fit together only one
way.
10. Hang the ice maker from the tabs on the shoulder screws.
Make sure that the bracket mounting hole is aligned with the
mounting hole in the freezer liner.
NOTE: Guide fill tube through hole in fill cup.
11. Mount the ice maker to the freezer liner mounting hole with
the 1/2" hex-head sheet-metal screw removed from the ice
maker connector & tube cover.
WARNING
Electrical Shock Hazard
Disconnect power before installing ice maker.
Failure to do so can result in death or
electrical shock.
Detail A
Screw
Connector &
Tube Cover
Removing connector & tube cover
Mounting
Hole Plug
Shoulder Screws
Removing mounting hole plug
Connectors
Shoulder
Screws
Bracket Mounting
Hole
Fill cup
Fill tube
Mounting the Ice Maker
You will be
working in
these
areas
Left side of
freezer
compart
ment
Power
cord
plug and
receptacle
Rear wall
Work area
Connector &
Tube Cover
Screw
Mounting
Hole Plug
Shoulder
Screws
Connecting the jumper harness
Guide
Wire Clip