My husband and I have had our fridge for about 4 years and have never changed out the water filter because honestly we just never thought about it! I am getting a new water filter today because I'm pregnant and have been thinking of everything and realized how long the filter has been on there. It's a Smart Water filter by GE and I was told today it should be changed out every 6 months!! Eek, we haven't changed it in 4 years! Could this be harmful? When I took it off, it looked clean...thanks!How often do you change out water filter in fridge?I have the GE profile side by side with icemaker and water through the door and filter behind. My instruction manual does say to change the filter every 6 months. That being said, I did forget to do it and the water kept flowing for a while to the ice maker and water dispenser. Once it stopped, I called the warranty repair and the technician told me that it isn't harmful, you are just essentially getting regular, unfiltered tap water through the dispensers. The problem ocurred for us because the tap water here is very hard and the mineral deposits eventually clogged the line which stopped the water from getting to the ice/water dispenser, blew the line off where it enters the fridge and created a huge water mess while the fridge thought it needed to provide water to the dispensers.How often do you change out water filter in fridge?Mine has a light that comes on when it needs changed. They said every 3 months, but it went over a year, with 3 of us using it a lot, and the light never came on. I think they would just like to sell us more filters.How often do you change out water filter in fridge?When we lived in California we changed it every 6 months, sometimes sooner. It would actually start to stink everytime the fridge blower turned on.
Some fridge in RI only changed in once a year because we has a whole house filter.How often do you change out water filter in fridge?It's recommended to change it atleast every 6 months....speaking of such...mine was supposed to be changed last month...oops! I better go order a new one quick!How often do you change out water filter in fridge?The every six months is an estimate based on the typical family of 4 or 5 people drinking average amounts of water. So if you only had two people you'd probably be good without changing it for a year, unless you used it excessively. 4 years is a long time and it could be harmful, good thing you realized this now so you and baby will be healthy.
