GE GTH21SCXSS Use and Care Manual - Page 15

Installation Instructions, ATTACH THE WATER VALVE, CONNECT THE WATER LINE, INSTALL WATER LINE CLAMP

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Installation Instructions 10 ATTACH THE WATER VALVE • Locate the female connector plug. Plug the female connector onto the male terminals on the water valve. Either wire can go on either terminal. Female connector Male terminals • Fasten the water valve to the cabinet by driving the Phillips head screw from the kit into the hole in the cabinet leg. Phillips head screw 12 CONNECT THE WATER LINE • Make sure there is enough plastic water line to extend from the water valve to well into the water tube inlet. Cut off any excess tubing. • Squeeze the ends of the hose clamp from the kit with pliers and slide the clamp over the water tube inlet. • While still squeezing the clamp, insert the plastic water line into the inlet as far as it will go (approximately 1″ [25 mm]). • Then slide the clamp downward to capture the plastic water line in place. • Make sure the fill tube is aimed down. Water tube inlet Hose clamp 11 INSTALL WATER LINE CLAMP • Attach the metal water line clamp (strain relief) to the refrigerator. Drive the screw from the kit through the clamp at the indent into the back of the cabinet. • The metal clamp is for the house water line (see the Water Line Installation Instructions). It is not to be used for the tubing from the water valve up to the icemaker. Screw Strain relief 13 ROUTE AND ATTACH THE PLASTIC WATER LINE • Fasten the plastic water line to the back of the cabinet with adhesive-backed fasteners, spacing the fasteners as shown to take up slack in the line. Adhesive-backed fasteners for plastic water line 15

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Installation Instructions
ATTACH THE WATER VALVE
•
Locate the female connector plug. Plug the
female connector
onto the
male terminals on
the water valve
. Either wire can go on either
terminal.
10
•
Fasten the water valve to the cabinet by driving
the Phillips head screw from the kit into the hole
in the cabinet leg.
Female
connector
Male
terminals
Phillips head
screw
12
CONNECT THE WATER LINE
•
Make sure there is enough plastic water line to
extend from the water valve to well into the
water tube inlet
. Cut off any excess tubing.
•
Squeeze the ends of the
hose clamp
from the
kit with pliers and slide the clamp over the water
tube inlet.
•
While still squeezing the clamp, insert the plastic
water line into the inlet as far as it will go
(approximately 1
″
[25 mm]).
•
Then slide the clamp downward to capture the
plastic water line in place.
•
Make sure the fill tube is aimed down.
Water tube
inlet
INSTALL WATER LINE CLAMP
•
Attach the
metal water line clamp (strain relief)
to the refrigerator. Drive the
screw
from the kit
through the
clamp
at the indent into the back
of the cabinet.
•
The metal clamp is for the house water line (see
the Water Line Installation Instructions). It is not
to be used for the tubing from the water valve up
to the icemaker.
11
Screw
Strain
relief
Hose clamp
ROUTE AND ATTACH THE
PLASTIC WATER LINE
•
Fasten the plastic water line to the back
of the cabinet with
adhesive-backed fasteners
,
spacing the fasteners as shown to take up slack
in the line.
13
Adhesive-backed fasteners
for plastic water line