Again, not a Q strictly related to electronics but this group is the closest fit.

I have a GE GTS22KCMBRCC (top-freezer) refrigerator. After a couple of months
it developed a minor but annoying habit: when the main compartment door is
closed firmly the freezer door pops open. I don't have a problem cultivating
the habit of closing both doors at once but I've got two absent-minded school
age kids and they're not picking up on this.

How do I go about diagnosing or fixing this?

/ff

FearlessFerret wrote:
Again, not a Q strictly related to electronics but this group is the closest fit.

I have a GE GTS22KCMBRCC (top-freezer) refrigerator. After a couple of months
it developed a minor but annoying habit: when the main compartment door is
closed firmly the freezer door pops open. I don't have a problem cultivating
the habit of closing both doors at once but I've got two absent-minded school
age kids and they're not picking up on this.

How do I go about diagnosing or fixing this?


Is the unit level or tilted slightly to the rear? If not correct
that. Otherwise, you don't have to fix anything. Call your dealer or
GE for a warranty repair.

David, on the Illinois prairie.

FearlessFerret wrote:
Again, not a Q strictly related to electronics but this group is the
closest fit.

I have a GE GTS22KCMBRCC (top-freezer) refrigerator. After a couple of
months it developed a minor but annoying habit: when the main
compartment door is closed firmly the freezer door pops open. I don't
have a problem cultivating the habit of closing both doors at once but
I've got two absent-minded school age kids and they're not picking up on
this.

How do I go about diagnosing or fixing this?

/ff

I've always wondered about why this usually DOESN"T happen.
Is the magnetic gasket dirty, wet, corroded?
Do fridge/freezers have some sort of air bladder to equalize the
pressure and prevent one door from swinging open when the other is slammed?
If so, maybe this device is stuck/frozen/blocked, or otherwise
malfunctioning.

Hello, FearlessFerret!
You wrote on Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:12:02 -0500:

F I have a GE GTS22KCMBRCC (top-freezer) refrigerator. After a couple of
F months it developed a minor but annoying habit: when the main
compartment
F door is closed firmly the freezer door pops open. I don't have a
F problem cultivating the habit of closing both doors at once but I've got
F two absent-minded school age kids and they're not picking up on this.

F How do I go about diagnosing or fixing this?

I think that there must be a crack or opening in the insulating between the
two compartments and the compression of air as you close the fridge is
pumping through the crack and opening the freezer door. There shouldn't be
any passage between the two compartments, but I'm thinking maybe there is a
simple valve or venting arrangement that's frozen up. Try De-frosting the
whole thing and see if it makes any difference. Should be done regularly
anyway.

With best regards, 3T39. E-mail:

"FearlessFerret" wrote in message
...
Again, not a Q strictly related to electronics but this group is the
closest fit.

I have a GE GTS22KCMBRCC (top-freezer) refrigerator. After a couple of
months it developed a minor but annoying habit: when the main compartment
door is closed firmly the freezer door pops open. I don't have a problem
cultivating the habit of closing both doors at once but I've got two
absent-minded school age kids and they're not picking up on this.

How do I go about diagnosing or fixing this?

/ff

Go to an appliance store. Pick a model at random and firmly close the
freezer (or fridge) door. You should see the other door move outward
slightly. It doesn't come flying open, though. Why? The magnetic strip in
the door seal is working properly. Could it be that your absent-minded,
school-age kids might have decided it would be cool to wave another magnet
around the door seal? That could demagnetize the seal strip.

Alternatively, do you perhaps have a TV set sitting on top of your fridge
(or on a countertop right next to it)? It's possible with enough on-off
cycles and a sufficiently strong coil, the TV's degaussing coil could
eventually demagnetize the door seal strip.

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"FearlessFerret" wrote in message
...
Again, not a Q strictly related to electronics but this group is the
closest fit.

I have a GE GTS22KCMBRCC (top-freezer) refrigerator. After a couple of
months it developed a minor but annoying habit: when the main
compartment door is closed firmly the freezer door pops open. I don't
have a problem cultivating the habit of closing both doors at once but
I've got two absent-minded school age kids and they're not picking up on
this.

How do I go about diagnosing or fixing this?

/ff

Go to an appliance store. Pick a model at random and firmly close the
freezer (or fridge) door. You should see the other door move outward
slightly. It doesn't come flying open, though. Why? The magnetic strip
in the door seal is working properly. Could it be that your
absent-minded, school-age kids might have decided it would be cool to wave
another magnet around the door seal? That could demagnetize the seal
strip.

Alternatively, do you perhaps have a TV set sitting on top of your fridge
(or on a countertop right next to it)? It's possible with enough on-off
cycles and a sufficiently strong coil, the TV's degaussing coil could
eventually demagnetize the door seal strip.



Btw, strong speakers, a powerful fan motor, etc. placed near the strip could
yield the same result.

Stop slamming the door!

Charles Schuler wrote:
Stop slamming the door!


It might help if you stabilized the fridge to the wall at the back,
it stops the case from moving to much, and the slam would not influence
the other door so much(it is the frame suddenly moving away from the
other door wich causes that one to open).