Full Product Manual
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TOOLS YOU MAY NEED
Installation 
Refrigerator
Instructions
Questions? Call 800.GE.CARES (800.432.2737) or visit our Website at: GEAppliances.com
  In Canada, call 1.800.561.3344 or visit our Website at: www.GEAppliances.ca
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Read these instructions completely and carefully.
•
  IMPORTANT ³ Observe all governing codes 
and ordinances. Save these instructions for local 
inspector’s use.
• 
 Note to Installer – Be sure to leave these instructions 
with the Consumer.
• Note to Consumer – Keep these instructions for 
future reference.
• Skill level – Installation of this appliance requires 
basic mechanical skills.
• Completion time – Refrigerator Installation  
20 minutes
 Water Line Installation  
30 minutes
• Proper installation is the responsibility of the installer. 
• Product failure due to improper installation is not 
covered under the Warranty.
PREPARATION
MOVING THE REFRIGERATOR INDOORS
If the refrigerator will not fit through a doorway, the 
refrigerator door and freezer drawer or door can be 
removed.
• To remove the refrigerator door, see Step 1 in the 
Reversing the Door Swing section.
• To remove the freezer drawer, see the Removing the 
Freezer Drawer section. 
WATER SUPPLY TO THE ICE MAKER AND DISPENSER
If the refrigerator has an ice maker, it will have to be 
connected to a cold water line. A GE water supply kit 
(containing tubing, shutoff valve, fittings and instructions) 
is available at extra cost from your dealer, by visiting our 
website at GEAppliances.com (in Canada at 
www.GEAppliances.ca) or from Parts and Accessories, 
800.626.2002 (in Canada 1.800.661.1616).
Adjustable Wrench
1/4” Outer Diameter 
Compression Nut 
and Ferrule (sleeve) 
(ice maker models only)
Phillips-Head Screwdriver
Ȓµ and ȓµSocket 
Ratchet/Driver
3/32”, 1/8” & 3/16” Allen 
Wrenches
Pencil
1/8” Drill Bit and 
Electric or Hand Drill
Tape Measure
1/4” Nut Driver
Wire Cutters
Level
Torx T20, Driver










