GE IMWF Installation guide

Brand: GE

Model: IMWF

Type: Installation guide

GE Appliances IMWF is a water filter cartridge designed to reduce chlorine taste and odor, providing cleaner, better-tasting water for your household. It effectively filters out impurities, enhancing the overall quality of your drinking water. The filter cartridge is easily installed and should be replaced every six months or sooner if the flow of water decreases. With its simple maintenance requirements, the GE Appliances IMWF ensures a continuous supply of fresh, filtered water for your family.

Water Filter Cartridge

The water filter cartridge is located on the right hand side of the ice machine Controls.

The filter cartridge should be replaced every six months when the replacement indicator light turns on or sooner if the flow of water to the

ice machine decreases.

Installing the filter Cartridge

1. Remove the water filter from the carton box.

2. Remove the cover from the water filter. Be sure the O-rings are still in place after the cover is removed.

3. Locate the water filter compartment on the right-hand side of the ice machine controls.

4. Align the alignment pin on the side of the filter with the cutout channel in the control housing and insert filter.

5. Turn filter clockwise until it locks into the housing.

NOTE: If the filter is not correctly locked into place, the ice machine will not produce ice.

If you have questions or to order additional filter cartridges, visit our Website at gewaterfilters.com, or call 1.800.626.2002.

Customers in Canada should consult the yellow pages for the nearest Mabe Canada Service Center.

About the GE IMWF Water Filter Cartridge

Chlorine taste and odor

Cover

O-Rings

Alignment Pin

Alignment

Arrow

Unlock symbol

Alignment Pin

Lock symbol

Cutout channel in

control housing

CAUTION: To reduce the risk associated with property damage due to water leakage, read and follow

instructions before installation and use of this system. Installation and use MUST comply with all state and local

plumbing codes.

WARNING: To reduce the risk associated with choking, do not allow children under 3 years of age to have

access to small parts during the installation of this product.

For the maximum benefit of your filtration system, GE recommends the use of GE branded filters only. Using GE

branded filters in GE and Hotpoint

refrigerators provides optimal performance and reliability. GE filters meet

industry NSF standards for safety and quality that are important for products that are filtering your water. GE has

not qualified non-GE branded filters for use in GE and Hotpoint refrigerators and there is no assurance that non-

GE branded filters meet GE’s standards for quality, performance, and reliability. Defects in non-GE filters, and any

damage resulting specifically therefrom, are not covered under product warranty.

General Installation/Operation/Maintenance Requirements

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Special Notices

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Standard No. 42: Aesthetic Effects

Chemical Unit

Chlorine Taste and Odor

Performance Data Sheet

SmartWater Filtration System - GE

IMWF Cartridge

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Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages. This warranty gives you specific legal

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shows no signs of abuse, it will be exchanged. The warranty does not cover the failure of parts which are damaged while in your possession, are abused, or have been

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implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, are limited to six months or the shortest period allowed by law.

IMWF Water Filter Cartridge Limited Warranty.

or call 800.444.1845

Staple your receipt here.

Proof of the original

purchase date is needed

to obtain service under

the warranty.

For the Period of: We Will Replace, at No Charge to You:

Thirty Days Any part of the water filter cartridge which fails due to a defect in materials or workmanship.

From the date of the during this limited thirty-day warranty.

original purchase