Sears 625.3438 - Manual (Page 7)

INSTALLATION STEPS (coni)
C. THREADED PIPE AND FITTINGS, FIG. 3
MATERIALS AND TOOLS NEEDED; For threaded pipe
installation, you will need pipe wrenches, Teflon tape
or pipe joint compound, a union fitting and pipe nip­
ples You may also need a pipe threading tool Con­
nect die filter housing as typically shown in FIG. 3,
page 5 Observe the following:
■ Use Teflon tape or pipe joint compound on all exter­
nal threads.
0 Do not turn pipe or fittings to tightly into die filter
head or you may break it
H It is important to have some movement in the sink
cold water pipe This will allow you to tighten the
union fitting, widiout damaging the filter head, if pipe
lengths are not exact
® Before turning on the water supply, remove the
sump from the filter head and install die filter cartridge
(see below).
D. INSTAILATION WITH FAUCET KIT, FIG. 4
Follow instructions included with die Faucet kit,
1. Close the cold water side shutoff valve. (Usually,
there already is a shutoff under the sink If not, close
the main water shutoff valve near the water meter or
pressure tank.)
2. Cut and remove a section of the cold water pipe.
3. If plumbing with flexible tubing, hang or support
the filter housing in some manner. Using die mounting
bracket (included with Deluxe model) as shown in
FIG, 1 and 4 is suggested. If using rigid pipe, be sure
to allow a minimum of 1-1/2” clearance under die fil­
ter for sump removal when changing the filter car­
tridge.
4. Use die plumbing procedures on pages 5 and 6 if
using compression fittings Follow procedures on
pages 6 and 7 for sweat copper and direaded pipe
installations Be sure water flow is into the filter in­
let side, and from the oudet side, to the faucet.
5. Before turning on the water supply, remove die
sump from the filter head and install the filter cartridge
(see below)
FILTER CARTRIDGE INSTALLATION
TURN TO PAGE 8 AND FOLLOW AIT STEPS UNDER “FILTER CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENT”