Water Filter for the Samsung RF23HCEDBSR (DA29-00020B)

RF23HCEDBSR specifics — where the filter actually lives

Where the filter actually lives: upper rear of the fresh-food section in most French-door builds with interior dispensers — usually a kneeling-height or shoulder-height swap, not a teardown. It is a push-lock bay — gravity is the only adversary, and a cupped hand under the bay solves it.

Practical notes from the install forums: the first removal takes more force than every later one, and skipping the reset leaves a change-light glaring at a perfectly fresh cartridge. Prefix literacy pays here: when Samsung stamps RF on the plate it is sorting the machine into the French-door multi-door class — same water path, same cartridge, different cabinet. Trailing letters like SR denote trim and finish: stainless, panel-ready, handle variants. The water path is identical across them.

RF vs RS — what the prefix tells you

Same parts shelf, two cabinet missions — Ordering by prefix works because RF means French-door multi-door and RS means side-by-side in this catalog — and the cartridge pool overlaps both. the 23 cubic feet figure in the code is the household size proxy; larger households breach the rated gallons before the calendar does.

Swap it in 5 minutes

• Pull the old cartridge straight out of the header — expect a small spill, not a flood.
• Align the new cartridge with the keyed slot; it only goes in one orientation.
• Push the cartridge home until the retention latch clicks.
• Run two gallons through the dispenser to flush carbon fines, then hold the filter-reset control until the status light clears.

What this filter takes out of your water

Coverage above lists what the standard addresses, not a performance claim for any specific cartridge — removal claims vary by certificate, so check the NSF listing for the exact part number you are buying.

RF23HCEDBSR filter questions