I installed a water line for the ice maker and cold water supply to the refrigerator for a lady and the water don't work and neither does the ice maker.

The water line that I installed was a simple water supply kit from Lowe's.the kit consisted of twenty five feet of 1/4 inch copper tubing and a saddle valve to tap into the cold water supply for the kitchen sink. I tapped into the cold water before the cold water stop because the line to the sink is metal braided hose.

The only thing that I can think of is that there is not enough water pressure to meet the specs for the unit.( I have to test the pressure to confirm my suspicion)

The hot and cold pressure in the kitchen is very low but it is fine in the rest of the house... It takes almost ten minutes to fill the sink with water.

Is there anything else that I should check in order to resolve this problem...
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!

Sincerely

Gary c.

I would think that it has more to do with the 25 feet of 1/4 in. braided hose.

Hi Gary

The issue will have nothing to do with the length of the copper tubing as suggested (it's copper tubing... not braided hose). I'd check the aerator at the sink first (regarding sink volume)... remove it and clean it... see if that restores better water flow to the sink.

In terms of the ice maker, more likely here will be that you didn't install the saddle valve correctly.

Go back to the saddle valve and remove the copper tubing and turn the valve full open (put a towel over the outlet). It takes quite a few turns to open the saddle valve fully. If no water you know the issue is at the saddle valve. If you have full water flow then you reattach the copper tubing and check for water flow at the connection to the fridge.

Start there... could be a saddle valve issue... could be a clogged or kinked copper tubing issue, or could be an issue with the 'fridge solonoid valve, etc... ;)

Back to you...

Mark

Oops! I meant metal tubing. I figured that the size of the pipe would have something to do with the volume of water. Aerator, though, that's definitely a good point.