How Do I Reset The Water Filter Light On My Samsung Refrigerator

Supervene upon the h2o filter in your Samsung refrigerator

Samsung refrigerator and water filter replacement

Yous demand a clean water filter to get fresh, filtered water. We recommend that yous supercede the water filter every six months. The fridge's water filter light will let yous know when those six months are up and should be reset later irresolute the filter.

Annotation: Only use Samsung Genuine Filters that are designed to work with your Samsung fridge. You can purchase them directly on our website. Practice not use tertiary-political party water filters, which may leak and damage the refrigerator.

There are 3 types of Samsung h2o filters, so you'll want to brand sure you're choosing the correct one for your fridge.

First, locate the filter in your fridge model. The location volition vary depending on your model, and then please check your user manual if you're unsure. And then, check the model number on the filter itself. This will let y'all know which of the following filter types you'll need to purchase.

Water filter model HAF-CIN

Water filter model HAF-QIN

Water filter model HAFCU1

Replacing your water filter is unproblematic and should only take a few minutes. If you're unsure well-nigh whether yous demand to supplant the filter, check the indicator light on your fridge.

After six months, the indicator will change. On some models it lights up when it wasn't lit before, and on others information technology will plough red. At this fourth dimension, you should change the filter right away.

HAF-CIN and HAF-QIN filter types:

Showtime, turn off the water supply and and so locate the filter. If you are unsure where it is, delight consult your user manual.
Open the water filter cover so rotate the sometime filter counterclockwise to unlock it.
And so, pull it straight out to remove it from the filter housing.
To insert the new filter, showtime remove the protection cap from the top of the filter. Then, push it directly into the filter housing and turn it clockwise.
Make sure the lock symbol matches up with the indicator line.

HAFCU1 filter types:

Start, turn off the h2o supply then locate the filter. If you are unsure where it is, please consult your user manual.
To remove the onetime filter, twist it to the left. This will unlock it.
Then, pull it downwardly to remove it from the filter housing.
To insert the new filter, push information technology upwards into the filter housing and then turn information technology to the right.
Make sure the notch at the tiptop of the filter is matched up with the pointer on the filter housing.

After replacing your filter, manipulate a few gallons of water to affluent out any impurities or air. Then, make sure to reset the h2o filter lite on your refrigerator. Please meet the adjacent sections for more than information.

The h2o filter light on your fridge operates on a timer and will plow on later 6 months. For models where the indicator is always lit, it will turn red after 6 months.

Depending on the quality of the h2o in your area and the amount of water you dispense, you lot may desire to modify the filter more or less frequently than the light suggests. To decide if a new filter is needed, dispense water first with the filter installed and then with the filter removed. If the speed the water dispenses at is significantly different, you lot should supercede the filter whether the indicator is lit or non.

You tin utilise the post-obit steps to reset the filter light:

Detect the Filter Reset button on the control panel, if it's available. It is sometimes the secondary function of some other button on the panel.
Once located, touch and hold the right push for 3 seconds until the lite resets.
The filter icon will either turn off or change back to its normal color when it'due south reset. This starts the vi month timer over once again.

Samsung Fridge with filter light on

Note: Some models may crave two buttons to be touched simultaneously to reset the lite. Bear on screen models will use on-screen menus instead. For instructions specific to your refrigerator, see your user manual.

The water filter light and timer can be reset on your Family Hub fridge with the following steps:

From the Domicile screen, tap Apps, and so tap Refrigerator Manager.
Tap H2o Filter, so tap Reset, and so tap Proceed. This will reset the filter low-cal and timer.
After tapping the water filter icon, you tin tap Purchase Filter to purchase a Samsung water filter if needed.

The water filter icon on the Family Hub screen

Y'all can also reset the filter low-cal on models RF4289 and RSG309.

Navigate to and select the Settings icon at the bottom of the display, and and then tap Water Filter.
When the Water Filter carte opens, tap Next in the lesser right corner 3 times until you reach folio iv/iv of the H2o Filter menu.
Touch on and hold Reset the water filter in the middle of the display until the condition of the filter changes.
After "Filter Replaced" appears and goes away, tap Salve in the bottom right corner of the display.

Reset the water filter option on model RF4289

The National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) and the American National Standards Plant (ANSI) have various standards to identify what is filtered by a water filter. Samsung's h2o filters are Carbon Filters rated for the NSF/ANSI 42, NSF/ANSI 53, and NSF/ANSI 401 standards.

NSF/ANSI 42

Filtered to reduce artful impurities such every bit chlorine and gustation/odor.

NSF/ANSI 53

Certified to reduce a contaminant with a health effect. Wellness effects are set in this standard as regulated by the U.Due south. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Health Canada.
Asbestos, Atrazine, Benzene, 2, 4-D, Carbofuran, Chlorbenzene, Cyst (99.99%), Endrin, Ethylbenzene, Pb, Lindane, Mercury, O-Dichlorobenzene, P-Dichlorobenzene, Tetrachloroethylene, Toxaphene, Turbidity

NSF/ANSI 401

Verified to reduce one or more of 15 emerging contaminants from drinking water. These emerging contaminants can be pharmaceuticals or chemicals not yet regulated past the EPA or Health Canada.
Atenolol, Bisphenol A, Carbamazepine, DEET, Estrone, Linuron, Nonylphenol, Phenytoin, Trimethoprim

If y'all are having trouble placing the new water filter in your refrigerator, fifty-fifty though the old ane fits, please bank check out our troubleshooting guide for assistance.

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