Dometic freezer door seal and vaccum. Stuck
Been FT for eight years and never had this situation before. The freezer door was stuck so tight that I was concerned the handle would brake off by me pulling. Finally got it open. The only thing that...
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wa8yxm wrote:
Amazing how folks went from FREEZER to Fridge.. it won't happen on the fridge.it won't happen on the fridge.
But it can on the freezer.. You open the door on a hot, mosit day and a lot of warm air enters, you close the door and it cools, creating vacuum and holding the door closed.
THere are assorted ways to get it open but basically you need to break the vacuum, I know of only one way to effectively do that without damaging the seal and that is to take a peal and stick mailing label and apply it to the metal face of the freezer so the seal will hit it, This will create two very tiny "Holes" (one on each end) where the seal is not quite prefect.. Has drawbacks however.
You weren't listening......don't make me make a video.
