Samsung American Fridge Freezer

An Cigire

I have a a Samsung Fridge Freezer which can be plumbed for ice & filtered water.

My question is can I plug in power yo this fridge before I plumb as it won't be plumb for water/ice for another few weeks

Is that OK to do?

Cheers

The Red Ace

you can, the water solenoid is only activated when you look for water when the glass/cup is pushed against the door striker when filling.

Peteee

Just to jump on this thread as it's quite similar to what I was going to ask.

Can you buy one of the plumbed fridges, and leave it not hooked up to the water mains for a year or two?

Am moving into a new house, but won't have the funds to do up the kitchen for a bit, so was just wondering could we get a plumbed unit, then when the kitchen is done up get it mains connected. The sales person suggested that this would not work as the ice maker/water unit would go bad if nothing was being fed into it. Can anyone clarify on this

An Cigire

Peteee wrote: »

Just to jump on this thread as it's quite similar to what I was going to ask.

Can you buy one of the plumbed fridges, and leave it not hooked up to the water mains for a year or two?

Am moving into a new house, but won't have the funds to do up the kitchen for a bit, so was just wondering could we get a plumbed unit, then when the kitchen is done up get it mains connected. The sales person suggested that this would not work as the ice maker/water unit would go bad if nothing was being fed into it. Can anyone clarify on this

Is this true? thar if not set up for water even if fridge is powered up it will damage it?

The Red Ace

The Red Ace wrote: »

you can, the water solenoid is only activated when you look for water when the glass/cup is pushed against the door striker when filling.

The sales person suggested that this would not work as the ice maker/water unit would go bad if nothing was being fed into it. Can anyone clarify on this

I presume that the water is cooled by being piped through the inside of the fridge, rather than by a separate (powered) cooling system.
It may clarify some confusion here.

An Cigire

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I presume that the water is cooled by being piped through the inside of the fridge, rather than by a separate (powered) cooling system.
It may clarify some confusion here.

So would that effect the fridge using it before the water is connected up?

An Cigire

An Cigire wrote: »

So would that effect the fridge using it before the water is connected up?

Probably not, as all you are doing is chilling an empty pipe & water container.

The Red Ace

you wont damage the fridge, the water system is very similar to a washing machine set up, you have a water solenoid valve that when hooked up to water takes water in and run up externally in the cabinet until it reaches the ice maker and the chilled water container,no fear of freezing pipes that will crack etc, the refrigeration unit is seperate within the cabinet