Door Light Switch

Door Light Switch

Patrick from FL

Side by side refrigerator freezer, refrigerator light would not light.

hex head screw bits, screw driver, putty knife, multimeter. Lamp

I removed the light and tried it in a lamp and it worked. Thought it must have been the switch. I researched the switch and it came back as a switch with three electrical connections. When I removed the switch it only had two connections. I tested the original switch with a ohm meter and it was good. I retested the bulb and it was no longer lighting; ordered new bulbs and tried to install it. I found the new bulbs although the would not light in the refrigerator worked fine in a lamp. I was getting ready to order a replacement light bulb socket when I thought I should at least verify the connectors were making a good contact. I had taken apart the area where the socket was connected, and the electrical connectors looked fine. I had read that one of the reasons for replacing the socket was potential rust on the bulb connector. I was getting ready to pull the socket out when I thought, lets just try to re-seat the bulb again to see if that might fix the issue. I found that it was really easy to cross-thread the bulb when installing and that it might look like it was fully seated. I made sure the bulb was properly seated and turned on power to the refrigerator. The light worked. I put everything together and have not had a problem since.