Dometic refrigerator

[David Brady]

Ralph, Jeff,

Thanks for your replies. It doesn't seem to be
the latch. The latch is a pin at the top of the door
which clearly retracts when I press the lever at
the door handle. It does seem to be associated
with a vacuum and seems to be related to cooling
as Jeff suggested. If I open and close the door
in quick succession, it's easy. If I wait a minute,
then it's very difficult. The rapid cooling idea seems
to fit. Isn't there some kind of pressure relief inside
the refrigerator chamber?

Dave

Jeff Miller wrote:

>Dave:
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>Does it happen mostly when re-opening after closing, especially just
>after closing the freezer door? I have had this problem, after
>closing the door the air inside rapidly cools and contracts, causing
>a vacuum strong enough to prevent normal opening for about 10seconds
>(can hear the air pull in around the seal).
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> - Jeff Miller
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>>Folks,
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>>My refrigerator is very, very difficult to open -
>>sometimes. My wife has to really tug on the handle,
>>and I use the freezer door handle as a fulcrum
>>to apply leverage to get the door open. It is
>>intermittent though. Sometimes it opens easily,
>>other times it's next to impossible. The door
>>seems to use a garden variety magnetic seal
>>which shouldn't be able to apply this kind of
>>clamping force. There has to be a vacuum
>>effect taking place inside the fridge, but the
>>hose leading from the drip plate just below
>>the inside cooling fins is free and clear. Anyone
>>else have this problem?
>>
>>TIA,
>>Dave
>>'02 LXi, Smokey
>>Virginia
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