Kenmore 4156 Use and Care Guide - Page 9
To connect your water supply line to the ice maker inlet valve
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9 To connect your water supply line to the 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 flush supply line until water is clear. Turn OFF water supply at shutoff valve. 3 Unscrew plastic cap from water valve inlet and discard cap. 4 Slide brass compression line, as shown. nut, then ferrule (sleeve) onto water supply 5 Push water supply line into water valve inlet as far as it will go (% inch). Slide ferrule (sleeve) into valve inlet and finger tighten compression nut onto valve. Tighten another half turn with a wrench; DO NOT over tighten. 6 With steel clamp and screw, secure water supply line to rear panel of refrigerator as shown. 7 Coil excess water supply line (about 2% turns) behind refrigerator as shown and arrange coils so they do not vibrate or wear against any other surface. 8 Turn ON water supply at shutoff valve and tighten any connections that leak. 9 Reconnect refrigerator to electrical power source. 10 To turn ice maker on, lower wire signal arm (see ice maker front cover for ON/OFF position of arm). It takesapproximately24 hoursfor the ice makerto begin producingice.Air in newplumbing linesmaycause icemakerto cycletwo or threetimesbeforemakinga fulltray of ice. New plumbingmay causeice to be discoloredor havepoorflavor.Discardice madeduringthe first 24 hours. If it is necessary to move your refrigerator through narrow doorways, follow these steps to remove them. Beforeyoubegin,unplugthe powercordand removeanyfoodfrom door shelves.