Summit FF1074IM - Manual (Page 2)

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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.