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jonass21

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I recently purchased this 75 GPD RO system, my refrigerator/ ice maker is plumbed under my kitchen sink using standard 3/8" pipes and fittings. The RO output is a 1/4" tubing and I am concerned with the RO being able to push water to the fridge going from a small to large pipe (once at the fridge the size of the pipe drops again to standard icemaker sized line). Is this going to be a problem? I was just going to use this fitting but the pressure loss was a concern for me.
 
Some fridges will not make ice off an RO no matter the pipe size because the RO system itself drastically reduces the pressure. Check the literature on your fridge, it will say
 
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