Water Heaters - Get water from water heater to fridge?

I'm putting a fridge in the garage and wanted to know if it was possible to put a T line on the water heater so i can water to to my fridge for Ice.

Would this work? It would be great to have the extra ice in the garage ice maker.

Thoughts?

Thanks!

my dad had a set up like you want.
depends on your lines/pipes to the w/heater.
dad's were galv pipe-had a 'saddle' pipe tap-suppling the1/4" copper tube.

That would be fine as long as you are not connecting to the actual hot water side of the water heater. I'm assuming the water on the cold feed side of the hot water tank has gone through all you water treatment equipment (if any is installed) so using that water is the same as using any other cold water in the house. Just be mindful of how close you install the connection to the hot water tank itself. As long as you're a couple feet away from the tank itself you should be fine

As for using the saddle valve as newtofta said, I would NEVER recommend those. They are easy to install but can also create a lot of issues as they get older. If you are not handy and can't solder (assuming the plumbing in the house is copper) then a saddle valve will work. If you can handle plumbing repairs, then spend the extra $10 and buy a tee and a 1/4 turn ball valve and install a proper shutoff valve. Down the road you will be happy you didn't save a few bucks installing the saddle valve.

Thanks for the advice. I will look at everything when I move in two weeks. Hopefully I can figure it out as it would be nice to have the garage fridge produce all that extra ice.