WF285 - Aqua Fresh Whirlpool American Fridge Water Filter

Price: £20.86

Model: WF285 Whirlpool Water Fil
Weight: 1.00

This spare part is not the genuine spare part as supplied by the manufacturer but it is a quality replacement spare part. It may well be exactly the same as the

Aqua Fresh version of the Whirlpool American style fridge freezer water filter SBS002. You can find the genuine Whirlpool water filter from this link

This is the cartridge type water filter that will fit all Whirlpool fridges with the cartridge in the grille at the base.

This water filter will also fit Smeg, Hotpoint and many other brands where the filter is fitted in the lower grill of the machine.

How To Reset The Water Filter Light

After installing the new filter some models do require that you reset the filter light manually to do this, depending on the model either press the light switch (the one that the fridge door presses every time you close the door) 5 times within 10 seconds. Or, if the fridge has a filter button, press and hold it for 5-10 seconds.

Either way should reset the change filter lamp.

Free Timestrip With This Water Filter

With this fridge water filter we include, free of charge, a Timestrip worth £1.49 that allows you to see quickly tell that you are needing a new water filter or to simply see how long the filter that is in the fridge has been there.

The problem with most fridges is that whilst on a fridge at least there is normally some sort of filter change light to tell you when to change the filter it usually won't come on until you actually need to replace the filter. Obviously it is normally a few days before you can get one and swap it over but, if you use the water and ice a lot this can be an inconvenience.

The Timestrip is activated by simply squeezing the bubble on the label and a red line appears almost immediately to confirm that the indicator is active. That's it, you're done!

Safe, simple and dead easy.

You can find more information about Timestrip from this link

About Fridge Water Filters

There are some things that people should be aware of about fridge water filters.

Over the past few years, as fridges with filtered water have become more and more popular, we've also seen a mammoth rise in very cheap and, usually very nasty, fridge freezer water filters coming onto the market. It won't surprise most people to learn that these are mass produced very cheaply in places like China and the quality can be, at best, questionable. Of course there are some good filters that come from the Far East as well, we know as we do use some of them, but they cost significantly more than the really cheap and nasty water filters that we won't sell.

Asides from which we've now had several worrying report of these cheap water filters breaking up and contaminating the water system in some models of fridge freezers, that's not good at all.

The point of a water filter in your fridge is to get good, clean water to drink. Many cheap fridge water filters don't accomplish that.

You can learn much more on this subject, as well as why it is important to regularly change the water filter from this article on the main site

Choosing The Correct Fridge Water Filter

There are, in effect, two ways that fridge water filters are installed, either externally or internally.

Most external water filters are all of the one kind and are pretty much universal, that's the WSF100 type cartridge that has a pipe from your mains water in one side and a pipe out the other to the fridge.

The internal ones can be a lot more interesting.

Most fridge and fridge freezer manufacturers will "brand" their machines for other people so you can save by not buying the, for example, genuine Hotpoint or Smeg water filter and instead buy the Whirlpool one which is much cheaper but, the same water filter. This applies to a good many fridge water filters and if you look closely you can save money on them.

Can't Find The Water Filter You Need, Not Sure?

Buying spares for any fridge freezer can range from the simplest task in the world to one of the most daunting as you try to pick your way through model numbers, serial numbers, ranges and all sorts of information.

We try to make it as simple as possible for you to buy a fridge water filter but, sometimes, we know that we all need a little help from the experts.

A lot of this is needed to make sure you get the correct water filter and, if you don't get it right then chances are you will get the incorrect filter. So please if you're unsure or are trying to identify spares using only photos then contact us, we're only too happy to help you make sure you get the correct spares you need and, not ones you don't.

For fault finding tips and tricks for appliances please start with our self help and repair section and explore the articles in the self repair section of the main site, including the spares articles that contain a lot of help, hints and tips about how to diagnose and repair appliances.

Below you will find the various ways in which you can get in touch with us about spare parts and get answers as quickly as possible but do please use our contact page or email as a first resort as this allows us time to look up parts for you and find any low cost compatible fridge water filters as well, so you get the best options.

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