Fridge opener

I am not sure you can these days ever since some kid got stuck in an old fridge that was awaiting collection after which it was always recommended to smash any locks or remove doors. Since then to avoid liability manufacturers have tended to rely on magnetic catches. I may be wrong but I have not seen a fridge with a lever catch in years but then again it is not an appliance you are frequently buying.

Richard

Do you mean a lever that pushes the door open, where the door is held closed by a magnet, or magnetised seal, or a lever operated lock? I think that the latter are banned for H&S reasons, but I could do with one of the former. Just pulling the fixed handle on my Bosch freezer has it sliding across the floor, I have to get a finger into the door seal to prise it open. Some sort of lever arrangement to push the door open would be much better.

Could I refer you to the 3D printer thread? It should be possible to attach a lever to the edge of the door that pushes against the main body of the fridge.

Is it an ancient model without a magnetic seal?

By 'lesser' do you mean 'with magnetic seal'?

Do you lack the musculature needed to open a fridge with a magnetic seal?

(Just asking; maybe there are ones with a lever to make it easier to open the magnetically sealed door; I've never heard of them. I doubt that there are levers made as an 'aftermarket' attachment.)

I was also going to ask who he wanted to shut in there. I think you are right about the ban, and it was a *long* time ago. My parents had a latched fridge in the 1960's, but I am pretty sure I have never owned one.

This is the kind of thing as OEM, and eye-watering as a replacement:

Chris

You are correct.

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Our freezer has a magnetic catch but also a lever to assist opening. I think that is what the OP was referring to.

Our freezer was difficult to open due to the air pressure drop inside as the air cooled. If you compromise the door seal so that outside air can leak in and equalise the pressure the door is much easier to open. Only a very smalI air-leak is sufficient. I used a short piece of thin wire fixed at one end to a convenient part of the door which got trapped between the door seal and the body of the freezer so that air could leak alongside it.

Very easy to do, very simple and easy to reverse if it doesn't do the trick.

Just don't try to open the freezer just after closing it.

We bought a cheap (compared to Miele) Bosch upright freezer about 25 years ago. The handle (as is the rest of it) is still in perfect condition.

I thought the whole reason to buy all this highly overpriced over engineered (obviously not!) Miele stuff is that it lasts forever!

Get a Siamese cat. They are very clever and soon learn how to pull the fridge open and steal the contents.

Grandmothers siamese cats dragged a part-unfrozen chicken out, took it half way up the garden and chewed off one of its legs.

She retrieved it and being a WW2 thrifty person, washed it and cooked it as normal.

MIL bought Miele appliances. Only the washing machine lasted well.

Hi All,

Sorry to be a while coming back. Ours is a Miele (last one lasted about 15 years). Both with magnetic seals, and with handles that are attached to the door, and when you pull on them gently, they push against the body and open the door.

At work the cheap fridges have their handles falling off, and regularly have to be pushed back to the walk, as they move forward rather than opening when you yank on the handle.

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Ours is a Beko - same system.