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Post by Nifty on Jul 18, 2022 16:15:05 GMT 1
The large modern fridge is built into a unit next to oven and microwave.
I can not find what mark it is
Recently it seems as if we are living with a Poltergeist, or something.
When you shut the door it either becomes very hard to open again, or, as lately it opens on its own account.
I have checked that there is nothing obvious stopping it from closing properly, such as there being too many jars on a shelf or something else stopping the door from closing and cannot find any obvious cause.
Could be that this intelligent technology has got me fooled.
Can anybody throw any light as to what the cause of this may be ?
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Post by landmannnn on Jul 18, 2022 16:30:18 GMT 1
My mum has a Bosch fridge that does that.
It is too airtight so it sucks the door shut.
There will be some very small holes in the back (to let out the flammable refrigerant if it leaks) clear these holes out.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2022 16:41:41 GMT 1
Does the light go out when the door closes?
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Post by Nifty on Jul 18, 2022 16:53:30 GMT 1
Thanks for reply. That sounds like a good cause for the problem of the door being very hard to open from time to time but it does not explain why it should open on its own accord. It is not my fridge and belongs to the people that we we are house/dog sitting for. I think the problem t might be connected to the unusual high temperature. It I almost as if something is causing the door to bow. I never had reason to take much note of it before recently. Picture to follow will show that something is amiss in that the melamine door of the unit the fridge stands in has dropped. Note in picture to follow. share.icloud.com/photos/055CIhB6fFri1c_V8Aqh1GV7Aedit ‘ Does the light go out when the door closes? ‘ How should I know. |
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Post by pcpa on Jul 18, 2022 17:03:04 GMT 1
It will be the combined hinges for the cupboard and fridge door, the springs break on them, I have had to replace many from integrated fridges & freezers.
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Post by Nifty on Jul 18, 2022 17:09:24 GMT 1
Thanks pcpa. That would explain the spring like objects that I found beneath the fridge. Think there are three to date
Pic to follow.
Do you know if new ones have to be fitted, or it is just a matter of replacing the old ones?
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Post by Nifty on Jul 18, 2022 17:22:52 GMT 1
This is getting like a horror movie. In the larder annexed to the kitchen there is a carbon monoxide detector that has just started beeping.
I can’t think why. Could it be that the battery has done in the detector
OH seems to think owner said somthing about it and that it was not important
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2022 21:33:32 GMT 1
Thanks for reply. That sounds like a good cause for the problem of the door being very hard to open from time to time but it does not explain why it should open on its own accord. It is not my fridge and belongs to the people that we we are house/dog sitting for. I think the problem t might be connected to the unusual high temperature. It I almost as if something is causing the door to bow. I never had reason to take much note of it before recently. Picture to follow will show that something is amiss in that the melamine door of the unit the fridge stands in has dropped. Note in picture to follow. share.icloud.com/photos/055CIhB6fFri1c_V8Aqh1GV7Aedit ‘ Does the light go out when the door closes? ‘ How should I know. You shouldn't. Being inside the fridge was one possible cause of your problem. Thankfully, we've eliminated that one. |
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Post by Nifty on Jul 18, 2022 22:01:55 GMT 1
Amazingly, we got through the hour or so of near panic.
Have been in touch with the owner
It turns out that the spring things that I found were not off of the fridge but clips that are supposed to hold the bottom panels of the kitchen units in place..
Have removed battery from Carbon monoxide alarm so there is an increased risk that I might, not wake up tomorrow morning.
The fridge has problems still. They are not really mine. I am trying to figure out a way that does not involve putting a very heavy object in front of those fridge door to prevent it opening.
There is a large planter about 8 meters away. Bit ott methinks.
OH has reported that the fridge is shut.
Tomorrow is another day.
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Post by Polarengineer on Jul 19, 2022 10:17:12 GMT 1
When you open a fridge, the cold air falls out and is replaced by warm air. This cools when the door is closed for a while and according to the laws of gasses involving volume, temperature and pressure. When one changes the others will change proportionally. As the volume is fixed, when the temperature falls the pressure falls too, holding the door shut. Fridges have a drain in them to release water from defrosted ice. If the drain is blocked the pressure cannot equalize with outside pressure to allow the door to open. There may even be a plug in this drain hole to allow controlled defrosting instead of auto defrost. Time to get your finger out (saId the Dutch dyke to the wee Dutch lad)
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Post by mangetout on Jul 19, 2022 14:10:45 GMT 1
Our fridge is playing up and I don't know if it's the extreme heat? It has stopped auto defrosting and is building up ice on the back panel. I wonder if its because the bottom shelf is stacked to the gunnels with bottles, and perhaps impeding air flow towards the drain hole. Any idea anyone?
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Post by Nifty on Jul 19, 2022 14:46:55 GMT 1
The fridge that we are using has ice building on the inside at the back.
I am not keen to do anything about it as it is 3/4 full of food that does not belong to us.
Seems to be behaving itself, as it is cooler today perhaps there is a correlation with faults manifesting themselves in very not conditions. It looks like it is going to be a case of close monitoring for a while.
Two more weeks and it won’t be our problem.
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Post by pcpa on Jul 19, 2022 15:56:07 GMT 1
The caravan fridge being a simple absorbtion one does not auto- defrost and builds up a large block of ice on the heatsink which causes me a problem when I go away, keeping the frozen & fresh food cold elsewhere in the hours it can take to defrost.
2 days ago the ice monster was reaching an epic size, today it has dissapeared, above 40°c the fridge loses the battle and auto-defrosts!!!!
I have just dragged out an integrated undercounter fridge from storage roulotte number 1, a proper compressor fridge, that is going to be pressed into service in the shanty town cuisine that is accumulating in the sous sol.
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