Water Filter for the Samsung RFG298HDRS (DA29-00020B)

RFG298HDRS specifics — where the filter actually lives

The filter bay on the RFG298HDRS 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. Mechanically it is a push-in bay: gravity is the only adversary, and a cupped hand under the bay solves it.

The recurring owner notes: expect dribble at the bay on removal even with the supply off, and remember the indicator will not self-clear — hold the reset control. Read the prefix and the maintenance writes itself: it places the machine in Samsung’s French-door multi-door family, which pins down the cartridge line, the reset behavior, and the service documentation worth consulting. Trim code RS: cosmetic variants of one chassis, one cartridge family.

RF vs RS — what the prefix tells you

Prefix families here: RF against RS. French-door multi-door on the RF side, side-by-side on the RS side — the parts catalog runs the same cartridge across both. read the code as 29 cu ft of capacity, which tells you the cartridge’s real workload between changes.

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.

RFG298HDRS filter questions