Door Switch

Door Switch

James from NC

Door open alarm on Samsung RF263BEAESR; door was closed and water dispenser also wasn't working

Phillips head screwdriver, small flat blade screwdriver

Troubleshooting: Confirmed that door alarm wasn't being caused by two magnetic reed switches at the top of the Dutch doors. These switch locations are marked on the upper part of the frig frame. I used two small magnets simultaneously to confirm that the reed switches were functioning, with magnets placed over the marked switch locations the the interior lights went off. Since the water dispenser also wasn't functioning along with the door alarm I believed the problem had to be the separate door interlock (plunger style) switch, located at top of left door. Steps to replace: 1) Shut off breaker to the refrigerator and confirmed that the power was off. 2) Removed the single phillips head screw from access panel located on the top of left door. 3) Carefully lifted the access panel. There are other wires attached to the access panel, so had to be careful. 4) Pushed down on top of small metal cover located over the defective switch and removed the metal cover by pulling out and up. 5) Detached two sensor wires. There was a red and brown wire attached to the switch, simply pull them both off. Remember the install order, my unit had a brown wire on the bottom and a red wire on top. 6) Opened the frig door and used a small flat head screwdriver to depress the clips on each side of the switch as I pulled the old switch out from the inside of the left door. 7) Installation is in the reverse order. 8) Turned the breaker back on and verified that the alarm didn't occur.

Door Switch

keith from TN

worked great

screw driver

movers snapped of the switch, so I ordered and installed a new one