Timeline for Why would the magnetic switch on my refrigerator door trip when the freezer door opens instead?
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| Feb 26, 2017 at 18:37 | history | protected | CommunityBot | ||
| Feb 3, 2015 at 5:34 | answer | added | Triss | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 30, 2013 at 18:58 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackDIY/status/406859780226301952 | ||
| Jul 5, 2013 at 13:16 | vote | accept | John Zwinck | ||
| Jun 22, 2013 at 7:59 | answer | added | John Zwinck | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 22, 2013 at 0:33 | comment | added | John Zwinck | @bcworkz: wow, you're right! I looked again and sure enough, there is another one of these switches at the very bottom, below the fridge door. What's even more interesting: leaving the fridge door open made the door-open alarm go off, so both door switches are clearly working! Now the question is why the fridge light comes on when the freezer door switch is activated, but not when the fridge door switch is activated. That part is still mysterious to me. What do you think about that? Thank you! | |
| Jun 21, 2013 at 19:29 | comment | added | bcworkz | Are you sure there is not another switch for the fridge door? This one really looks intended for the freezer door in order to shut down the system when the door is opened. The light going on is either a flaw in the control board or an intentional "feature" to save manufacturing costs. If the separate fridge switch were working, no one would ever notice the light going on in the other compartment. | |
| Jun 21, 2013 at 14:20 | comment | added | Jason | The fridge reed switch may be nearing its life expectancy or # of duty cycles. Also the magnet in the freezer door may have shifted, can you identity where the magnet is and see if you can raise it or possibly even remove it and replace it with a weaker magnet to just trip the one sensor. | |
| Jun 21, 2013 at 11:56 | history | edited | Tester101 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 21, 2013 at 10:56 | history | asked | John Zwinck | CC BY-SA 3.0 |