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Water and Ice maker via 5 Gallon bottle?


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I'd like to place my spare  Frig in the garage and have the water and ice maker work but I don't have a near by  water source.  Is it possible to use a 5 gallon water bottle placed on top of the frig and have it gravity feed to the water line of the frig?  

 

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19 minutes ago, northeastappliance said:

i don't think that gravity would give you enough pressure. 

Agreed.

Think you'd have a problem with the valves. 20 psi is the min required for the valves to work so they'd probably leak. 

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Ice maker is time filled and not enough water will fill in the allotted time with no pressure. If you have attic space above garage you may have some water lines up there that you could tap into and drop a line into the garage, or if you have a kitchen or bathroom backing up to one of the garage walls you may be able to steal water from there. 

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Gotta be careful running water to garage machines if it is not heated and/or you live in a cold Winter climate...

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I was gonna say this a few nights ago but I was too freaking tired and had to crash.........but here's what I was going say.....

 

Screw the cold water, for obvious reasons.........

 

Icemaker??.........hey, you can fill it manually with a cup of water.......and you magically have ice, as long as the icemaker is functional and cycles and the fridge is working as it should. Just fill it once or twice a day........or hey,..........go to the party store....buy a freaking bag of ice and dump it in. I don't know......it's kind of a DUH!!!!! moment for me......but maybe not for others........

I dunno.......maybe I'm just abby normal.......  

 

 

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I do remember running a call for a customer who had been using a 5 gallon water bottle to supply water to his refrigerator.  He was using a hand pump secured to the neck of the bottle that seemed to provide enough pressure to allow the inlet valve to function properly.  Of course he would have to work the pump each time after the icemaker would cycle.

I later on found that same pump at Harbor Freight for $5.00.

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You could run a pressurized reverse osmosis line to it, the good R.O. units are available with pressure controlled reservoir tanks.

I was thinking about Vee8's comment and realized that raising the height of the bottle would not affect pressure as it would not change relative gravity... but if you made a 50 foot tube and filled it with water the weight of the water in the tube as it got higher WOULD increase the P.S.I. The guy who invented the town water tower already figured that one out though... no gold star for re-inventing the wheel 7000 years later...

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I have been using a pump on a bottle (as Ivasquez mentions) for years, it works great. It's a good solution for some old houses or rentals where there is no water at or near the fridge. I tied some cord through the mounting ears on the pump and it just hangs around the neck of the bottle. I could use ice trays, but for me, and the amount of ice I use, the convenience outweighs the hassle of refilling the bottle. 

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On 10/9/2016 at 9:57 AM, lvasquez11 said:

Check this out.

Goggle cbw1150a

I checked this out

Looks very neat

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