User manual BOSCH SMV 63M70EU/81 SUPPLEMENT

[. . . ] Check with your local public works department for plumbing codes. You must follow their guides as you install the water filter housing. Use the filter on a potable, safe-to-drink, home COLD water supply only. The filter cartridge will not purify water, or make it safe to drink. [. . . ] 1 INSTALLATION ON COPPER PLUMBING USING COMPRESSION FITTINGS SINK compression elbow Mounting Bracket ­ includes screws, Sears Item No. 42­34388 (included with Deluxe model) apply several wraps of Teflon tape FILTERED WATER HOT COLD brass ferrule compression adaptor (use elbow or straight fitting) nut shutoff valve Note: To change the filter cartridge, you must turn off the water. Most sinks already have shutoff valves on the supply pipes. apply several wraps of Teflon tape INLET WATER IN 3/8" NPT Note: Be sure to allow a minimum space of 1­1/2" under the filter for removing the sump, to change the cartridge. ¤ 4 ­ MATERIALS AND TOOLS NEEDED ­ " 2 compression adaptors (either straight fittings as shown, or elbows), 3/8" NPT x comp. " 2 compression elbows, 3/8" NPT x comp. (compression end to fit existing pipe) Note: Sears has an installation kit available that fits 3/8" O. D. " Teflon tape " tubing cutter " sandpaper or emery­cloth " 2 wrenches, either open end or adjustable jaw, size to fit compression adaptors TYPICAL UNDERSINK INSTALLATIONS / TOOLS AND MATERIALS NEEDED FIG. 2 TO SINK FAUCET SOLDERED COPPER INSTALLATION (OBSERVE FIG. 1 NOTES) 3/8" copper pipe, as req'd. 4 INSTALLATION, WITH FAUCET KIT, Sears Item No. 42­34387 FAUCET (filtered water) Mounting Bracket ­ includes screws, Sears Item No. 42­34388 (included with Deluxe model) IN OUT « « HOT COLD adaptor, 3/8" NPT x sweat (apply several wraps of Teflon tape to threads) ­ MATERIALS AND TOOLS NEEDED ­ (see page 6) HOT SINK adaptor saddle valve adaptor shutoff valve COLD nut brass ferrule compression adaptor FIG. Be sure to use the fol lowing procedures to protect the water filter. CAUTION: Turn off the water supply to the sink cold pipe. Open the sink cold faucet to relieve pres sure in the pipe. Note: If the sink faucet is a single lever, mixing type, also close the shutoff valve on the hot water side. Use a tubing cutter to remove a section of the sink cold water pipe (catch trapped water with a rag or towel). Use sandpaper or emery-cloth to thoroughly clean, and remove all burrs and rough edges, from both pipe ends. Note: When soldering, use lead-free solder and flux only. Be sure pipe and fittings are properly cleaned. Refer to FIG, 2, page 5, and to the following draw ings. Make typical soldered assemblies A and B as shown in FIG. After they have cooled, apply Teflon tape or pipe joint compound to the pipe threads. [. . . ] Cut and remove a section of the cold water pipe. If plumbing with flexible tubing, hang or support the filter housing in some manner. Using the mounting bracket (included with Deluxe model) as shown in FIG. If using rigid pipe, be sure to allow a minimum of 1-1/2" clearance under the fil ter for sump removal when changing the filter car tridge. [. . . ]