Forward-engineers advanced models of refrigeration equipment provided an opportunity outweigh the door to the other side. As a rule, such manipulations are included in the warranty service you have purchased equipment, but proper skills and capabilities and all you can do with your hands.
Features door transport
There are a number of situations where you need to move the refrigerator door on the opposite side:
- The owner - a lefty.
- kitchen layout prevents the use of the refrigerator, the door which opens to the right side.
As a rule, the accompanying instructions detail indicates not only the technical characteristics of the machine, but also as a transfer door mounting.
If the instruction manual is lost, it is simply to examine the equipment for the presence of special plastic plugs on the opposite hinge side. If they are, then the possibility Repositioning the door is provided in the model.
Self permutation of the refrigerator door
We need:
- an adhesive tape (or ordinary paint broad);
- Screwdriver Set;
- wrench.
How to outweigh the door to the other side:
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Step 1 Disconnect the device by pulling the plug out of the socket. Products and freezing must be previously transferred to another cool place. |
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step 2 Carefully remove the plastic plugs from the site of attachment of a flat screwdriver. |
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step 3 To prevent a sudden drop in the door or frame during the deformation process permutations desirable to attach it to the body using masking tape. |
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step 4 When moving the door to start shooting attachment must be from top to bottom, and secured in the reverse order. Therefore, the first upper fastening disconnected. It's enough to unscrew the mounting bolts wrench or screwdriver. |
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step 5 Remove the upper door lifting it up gently. Do not forget to remove the masking tape. |
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step 6 Average attachment comprises a pivot axis for the upper and lower door (See. photo), so the dismantling need to be careful. Remove the rotation pin and unscrew the bolts carefully with an average loop. |
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step 7 Remove the bottom fastening of the latter by unscrewing the bolts, remove the door, first removing the masking tape. |
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step 8 Place the plastic covers, if any, in the liberated openings in the refrigerator cabinet. |
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step 9 If the design and shape of the door handles provide change its location for convenient closing / opening when moving the hinges, it is also necessary to move to the opposite side of the door. Locate the plastic caps on the inside of the handle and remove them. Remove the screws, remove the handle. Do the same manipulation, but in reverse order when you install the handle on the other side. |
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step 10 Tightening the door hinges to the correct side, repeat the steps in reverse order 4-7. Start with fastening of the lower, then set to the average rotation mechanism, and, finally, mount the upper hinge. |
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step 11 When everything is ready, check the density of the closing of each refrigeration door. Visually inspect for the presence of the elastic clamping slots. |
Door single-chamber refrigerators change is more complicated than dual chamber models. If you doubt their abilities, it is better to contact the service center.
How to change hinges on the door with LCD display
How to rearrange the door on the refrigerator with an electronic display only know experienced professionals and those who are familiar with the device of modern appliances is good enough. Therefore, if you doubt their abilities, then in that case it is better to entrust the matter to specialists.
The complexity of the procedure is that in the upper part of the body there is a special wire loop to be very careful to throw in the right direction.
To describe the process in brief, it is necessary:
- unscrew the protective cap in the housing, which protects the ribbon cable wires;
- disconnect the part that feeds the display door;
- remove the door, guided by the advice above;
- at the top of the door is a plastic cover that hides the wires, you need to remove it;
- throw wires that go through the loop on the opposite side. Previously loop must be disassembled;
- assemble mount the door back, setting it on the correct side, do not forget the wire loop;
- fasten the cover on the door;
- after installation of the door to connect the flex cable conductors to the rest of the wiring on the top of the refrigerator body;
- close the wiring protective cover;
- test efficiency of household appliances.
Perform all manipulations very carefully. Door though it looks impressive, but quite fragile and reckless movement screwdriver or wrench may damage the finish.
Output
The transfer of the refrigerator door hinge is necessary in cases where the standard opening / closing of the door is impossible or extremely uncomfortable. Independently carry out this process is quite possible, if we have some idea about the device technology, possess a number of skills and the necessary set of tools.
The recommendations described above, to help cope with this task on their own, to save on services of service centers, and the video in this article will make the process more intuitive. If you have any questions - ask them in the comments.
