We replaced our refrigerator last month. The new one is similar to the old one with a top freezer. A few mornings ago, I woke to find that the freezer door had been partially open overnight, melting everything inside.

On closer examination, I noticed that when I opened the freezer door slightly, it did not swing shut as I expected it to do. The door to the main refrigerator does swing closed when opened slightly, however.

I was going to call to get it looked at but my friend at work said that freezer doors generally don't swing shut like that. Seems though they should. Anyone have an opinion on this?

I also noticed that when the refrigerator door is slammed shut, it sends a burst of air pressure into the freezer which pops the door open slightly. Never noticed that in any prior refrigerators, must be some new OSHA thing.

Paul

Pavel314 wrote:
We replaced our refrigerator last month. The new one is similar to the old one with a top freezer. A few mornings ago, I woke to find that the freezer door had been partially open overnight, melting everything inside.

On closer examination, I noticed that when I opened the freezer door slightly, it did not swing shut as I expected it to do. The door to the main refrigerator does swing closed when opened slightly, however.

I was going to call to get it looked at but my friend at work said that freezer doors generally don't swing shut like that. Seems though they should. Anyone have an opinion on this?

I also noticed that when the refrigerator door is slammed shut, it sends a burst of air pressure into the freezer which pops the door open slightly. Never noticed that in any prior refrigerators, must be some new OSHA thing.

Paul

Hi,
Regardless, always we make sure the doors are shut tight.

Tony Hwang wrote:
Pavel314 wrote:
We replaced our refrigerator last month. The new one is similar to the
old one with a top freezer. A few mornings ago, I woke to find that
the freezer door had been partially open overnight, melting everything
inside.

On closer examination, I noticed that when I opened the freezer door
slightly, it did not swing shut as I expected it to do. The door to
the main refrigerator does swing closed when opened slightly, however.

I was going to call to get it looked at but my friend at work said
that freezer doors generally don't swing shut like that. Seems though
they should. Anyone have an opinion on this?

I also noticed that when the refrigerator door is slammed shut, it
sends a burst of air pressure into the freezer which pops the door
open slightly. Never noticed that in any prior refrigerators, must be
some new OSHA thing.

Paul

Hi,
Regardless, always we make sure the doors are shut tight.

Hi,
And is the unit perfectly level?

On Monday, August 4, 2014 12:52:25 PM UTC-4, Tony Hwang wrote:
Tony Hwang wrote:

Pavel314 wrote:

We replaced our refrigerator last month. The new one is similar to the

old one with a top freezer. A few mornings ago, I woke to find that

the freezer door had been partially open overnight, melting everything

inside.



On closer examination, I noticed that when I opened the freezer door

slightly, it did not swing shut as I expected it to do. The door to

the main refrigerator does swing closed when opened slightly, however.



I was going to call to get it looked at but my friend at work said

that freezer doors generally don't swing shut like that. Seems though

they should. Anyone have an opinion on this?



I also noticed that when the refrigerator door is slammed shut, it

sends a burst of air pressure into the freezer which pops the door

open slightly. Never noticed that in any prior refrigerators, must be

some new OSHA thing.



Paul



Hi,

Regardless, always we make sure the doors are shut tight.



Hi,

And is the unit perfectly level?

Yes, I checked it against the installation instructions and it's properly leveled.

Paul

On 08/04/2014 11:53 AM, Pavel314 wrote:
....

On closer examination, I noticed that when I opened the freezer door
slightly, it did not swing shut as I expected it to do. The door to
the main refrigerator does swing closed when opened slightly, however.
....

No, I've never seen one w/ an "auto-close" feature; probably because
it'd be too annoying trying to get stuff in/out to have it butting your
butt all the time...

Yes, I checked it against the installation instructions and it's properly leveled.

If it's level, I'd expect the doors to stay in same place when opened
and left.


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On 8/4/2014 12:53 PM, Pavel314 wrote:
On Monday, August 4, 2014 12:52:25 PM UTC-4, Tony Hwang wrote:

Hi,

And is the unit perfectly level?

Yes, I checked it against the installation instructions and it's properly leveled.

Paul


I've always tilted fridge or freezers
back, so the doors swing closed.

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On Monday, August 4, 2014 1:44:43 PM UTC-4, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 8/4/2014 12:53 PM, Pavel314 wrote:

On Monday, August 4, 2014 12:52:25 PM UTC-4, Tony Hwang wrote:



Hi,



And is the unit perfectly level?



Yes, I checked it against the installation instructions and it's properly leveled.



Paul





I've always tilted fridge or freezers

back, so the doors swing closed.


This. when leveling a fridge I always set it ever so slightly high in the front, so if the door is 90 degrees open it will swing shut on its own.

nate

I always start out level, and then raise the right front adjuster a lot and the left front adjuster somewhat less so the door closes slowly, but when it is almost closed it is at the maximum tilt to close either the fridge and freezer doors. Saves a lot of wassteeed foodd.

Paul:

Fridge and freezer doors don't have any closure mechanism on them except the magnets in the door gaskets that cause the door to close if the gasket is close enough to the metal body of the fridge.

As has already been suggested, the easiest way to get the fridge and freezer doors to swing closed is to adjust the front feet on the fridge so that the fridge tilts slightly backward. That causes the doors to swing closed as long as they're less than 90 degrees open.

There are air passage ways between the fridge and the freezer compartments, so it's normal for the freezer door to be pushed outward slightly if you slam the fridge door. The vice versa would also be true, but to a lesser extent cuz of the relative volumes of air in each cavity.

Fridge and freezer doors have magnetic gaskets on them, but the magnets will only be on three sides of the gasket. The hinge side of the gasket will not have magnets in it.

You will also probably notice that the mullion between the fridge and freezer doors gets warm to the touch. This is normal. That mullion is heated to prevent condensation and even frost from forming on that mullion.

On Monday, August 4, 2014 6:17:41 PM UTC-4, wrote:
I always start out level, and then raise the right front adjuster a lot and the left front adjuster somewhat less so the door closes slowly, but when it is almost closed it is at the maximum tilt to close either the fridge and freezer doors. Saves a lot of wassteeed foodd.

Good idea. The installation instructions call for it to be 1/4 inch higher in the front than the back, which it is. I'll try adding another 1/4 inch and see what happens.

On Mon, 4 Aug 2014 09:53:21 -0700 (PDT), Pavel314
wrote:

On Monday, August 4, 2014 12:52:25 PM UTC-4, Tony Hwang wrote:
Tony Hwang wrote:

Pavel314 wrote:

We replaced our refrigerator last month. The new one is similar to the

old one with a top freezer. A few mornings ago, I woke to find that

the freezer door had been partially open overnight, melting everything

inside.



On closer examination, I noticed that when I opened the freezer door

slightly, it did not swing shut as I expected it to do. The door to

the main refrigerator does swing closed when opened slightly, however.



I was going to call to get it looked at but my friend at work said

that freezer doors generally don't swing shut like that. Seems though

they should. Anyone have an opinion on this?



I also noticed that when the refrigerator door is slammed shut, it

sends a burst of air pressure into the freezer which pops the door

open slightly. Never noticed that in any prior refrigerators, must be

some new OSHA thing.



Paul



Hi,

Regardless, always we make sure the doors are shut tight.



Hi,

And is the unit perfectly level?

Do you think that would make the doors shut?

Yes, I checked it against the installation instructions and it's properly leveled.

That's the problem.

Whoever wrote the instructions didn't plan on the doors shutting by
themselves. He figures you'll shut them.

Paul

On Mon, 4 Aug 2014 15:17:41 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

I always start out level, and then raise the right front adjuster a lot and the left front adjuster somewhat less

That's because your hinges are on the right, right?


so the door closes slowly, but when it is almost closed it is at the maximum tilt to close either the fridge and freezer doors. Saves a lot of wassteeed foodd.

On Mon, 4 Aug 2014 18:00:26 -0700 (PDT), Pavel314
wrote:

On Monday, August 4, 2014 6:17:41 PM UTC-4, wrote:
I always start out level, and then raise the right front adjuster a lot and the left front adjuster somewhat less so the door closes slowly, but when it is almost closed it is at the maximum tilt to close either the fridge and freezer doors. Saves a lot of wassteeed foodd.

Good idea. The installation instructions call for it to be 1/4 inch higher in the front than the back,

I'm impressed. What brand is this? It sounds maybe like they've
actually thought about self-closing.

which it is. I'll try adding another 1/4 inch and see what happens.

Maybe a little more on the hinge side than on the non-hinge side.

At first thought, I'd expect you have to put all 4 leg bottoms inthe
same plane or the fridge will rock, but I've never noticed during
adjustment that any settings will make the fridge rock.

On 8/7/2014 2:23 AM, micky wrote:


Yes, I checked it against the installation instructions and it's properly leveled.

That's the problem.

Whoever wrote the instructions didn't plan on the doors shutting by
themselves. He figures you'll shut them.


There are times I want the door to stay open. I don't want self closing
doors. It is easy enough to push them closed when done. I'd not mind
if it stayed open at 90 degrees, but self closed at a lesser point.

On Mon, 4 Aug 2014 07:56:58 -0700 (PDT), Pavel314
wrote:

We replaced our refrigerator last month. The new one is similar to the old one with a top freezer. A few mornings ago, I woke to find that the freezer door had been partially open overnight, melting everything inside.

On closer examination, I noticed that when I opened the freezer door slightly, it did not swing shut as I expected it to do. The door to the main refrigerator does swing closed when opened slightly, however.

I was going to call to get it looked at but my friend at work said that freezer doors generally don't swing shut like that. Seems though they should. Anyone have an opinion on this?

Definitely. Neither freezer nor fridge doors come from t he factory set
to swing shut. You have to make it happen.

You have to adjust the legs of the fridge. AFAIK if you get one to
shut the other will too. Or at least if you continue working on the
other after you get the one to shut, you can get the other to shut while
the first one still does.

Now back in Brooklyn, the wall to the side of the fridge kept the door
from opening more than a little past 90 degrees.

But in Baltimore, it could open almost 180 degrees. I think it has
something to do with the humidity here, or angle to magnetic north.

It took a lot longer to get the legs right, maybe an hour, but once I
did, I've been able to move the fridge out from the wall and put it back
again a couple times and everything still worked right. 30 years now, of
not having to bother shutting the fridge or freezer. And what have I
done with that extra time. Nothing important. But at least the doors
are closed.

P.S. It won't shut from 180 degrees, I think that's impossible, but it
shuts from 95 or 100 degrees, maybe a little more.

The front legs get shorter if you screw them in, longer if you unscrew
them. I doubt the back legs are adjustable, don't think I ever looked.

I also noticed that when the refrigerator door is slammed shut, it sends a burst of air pressure into the freezer which pops the door open slightly. Never noticed that in any prior refrigerators, must be some new OSHA thing.

It's so if you and your refrigerator are in space, the fridge will be
air tight and can be used as a rescue vehicle.

Paul