Yesterday, while dry camping on the coast just below San Francisco, Ca. I decided to clean out my refrigerator using Windex solution. The refrigerator was cooled down overnight to about 40 Degrees before I started the clean up. After cleaning the walls, racks and storage bins, I reloaded the food back into the refrigerator.
Then is started, every 2 minutes the alarm sounded for 15 seconds. After going thru the manual for the refrigerator it said this is meant to tell you the Light inside the refrigerator is still ON! Actually this alarm is meant to remind you to close the refrigerator door, when it is running. I assumed there was a problem with the switch which closes when you open the door and "Opens" when the door latch pushes into the switch assembly. I mechanically held the switch pushed inward, and the light was off. However every 2 minutes the alarm again sound for 15 seconds. There were no other alerts or warning lights being displayed on the refrigerator control panel.
I thought maybe the Windex solution was in the switch assembly. I used a small hair dryer to blow out the switch assembly, and make sure it was dry. However, it had no effect, the alarm continued to go off every 2 minutes for 15 seconds.
After just letting the alarm run thru dinner and in preparation for going to bed, I finally removed the plastic cover over the switch and removed the switch power connector. The trick to removing the plastic cover is to pry off the upper and lower front plastic faces of the switch cover and then pull the cover off from rear edge. That of course turned of the light, but it also stopped the bogus alarm.
Has anyone else run across this problem? I assume I will have to replace the switch assembly when I am back home?
Then is started, every 2 minutes the alarm sounded for 15 seconds. After going thru the manual for the refrigerator it said this is meant to tell you the Light inside the refrigerator is still ON! Actually this alarm is meant to remind you to close the refrigerator door, when it is running. I assumed there was a problem with the switch which closes when you open the door and "Opens" when the door latch pushes into the switch assembly. I mechanically held the switch pushed inward, and the light was off. However every 2 minutes the alarm again sound for 15 seconds. There were no other alerts or warning lights being displayed on the refrigerator control panel.
I thought maybe the Windex solution was in the switch assembly. I used a small hair dryer to blow out the switch assembly, and make sure it was dry. However, it had no effect, the alarm continued to go off every 2 minutes for 15 seconds.
After just letting the alarm run thru dinner and in preparation for going to bed, I finally removed the plastic cover over the switch and removed the switch power connector. The trick to removing the plastic cover is to pry off the upper and lower front plastic faces of the switch cover and then pull the cover off from rear edge. That of course turned of the light, but it also stopped the bogus alarm.
Has anyone else run across this problem? I assume I will have to replace the switch assembly when I am back home?