The refrigerator is an aggregate, designed for long-term use, but this does not exclude a fairly fast wear of the details of small. The representative of this category is the seal. There is such an element in the devices of any company - Atlant, Stinol, Indesit.
Why do we need a sealing gum
The refrigeration chamber provides the safety of products by supporting the constant temperature in + 5- + 7 C, but for this it is necessary to achieve the tightness of the camera. Last and provides tight closing of the sash.
Location of gum on the door of the refrigerator
However, the material from which the refrigerator housing is manufactured. Unable to provide a dense adjoining. Correct the situation by mounting the seal. In fact, it is a rubber tape of sufficient elasticity and density that is fixed along the perimeter of the door. Rubber presses when closing and fills the gap between the sash and the body, thereby providing tightness.
Alas, a sealing gum for the doors of the refrigerator is an element prone to rapid wear, as it is subjected to deformations every time the door is opened.
Frequent door opening wear gum
Type of malfunction
Detect this kind of breakdown is not so easy. Violation of tightness in itself has the following features:
- increase temperature in compartments;
- The appearance of a land on the rear wall of the refrigerator;
- Ice increases on the door of the freezer;
- the appearance of water or condensate lifettes;
- Visible or tangible loose fit of the sash to the case.
The reasons for tightness can be somewhat. Is it connected with a sealing elastic and whether it does not need to be replaced, defyable.
The appearance of a nondes on the rear wall of the refrigerator
The procedure for action of the same models of models indesitis, Atlant or stynol, as the character and placement of the observative gum for everyone is the same:
- An ordinary sheet of paper is placed between the door and the case;
- Close the sash so that the leaf fragment remains outside;
- Try to pull the sheet without opening the sash. If the door can be easily, the sheet is easily pulled out. So, the sealer came into disrepair and should be replaced. If the paper is not pulled out, it means everything is in order and the reason for the breakdown in the other.
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How to choose a sealing gum
If the method of ensuring tightness for all refrigerators is the same, then the form and location of the sealer may be different. The first, the product may have a different thickness, as the gap between the body and the sash differs. Secondly, in some models, the sealer is installed in a special groove. Thirdly, the gum can be recorded both with glue and self-drawing.
So the sealing gum indesit is not suitable for Atlant models or stynol. Even if products are selected for different models, it is necessary to accurately set exactly how the sealing gum is fixed on the refrigerator, where the replacement is required.
Sealing rubber
How to replace the seal
The scheme of action is almost the same for all aggregates. Moreover, the replacement does not require special skills and can be performed independently.
- If the tape is worn out completely, but only deformed in 1-2 places, you can restore the form. Do it with a hair dryer: warming the damaged area until the sealing gum will restore the volume.
- With great deformation, but maintaining integrity, it can also be repaired. For this, the sealer is carefully removed and placed in a container with hot water. Then the gum wipes dryly, dried and installed on glue.
If the ribbon fully became unusable, it is replaced.
- First of all, get rid of the worn seal. For this, the sash must be removed from the loops and put on the floor, then the material from the grooves is removed using a spatula. If necessary, use a screwdriver.
- If the sealing gum fixed on glue, you can simply cut it.
- If the product is fixed on the mounting foam, you will have to use the chisel or knife. The tape is cut and opened around the perimeter, then clean the fastening locations.
Replacing it in methods. In the simplest case, if the product is attached to a flat surface of the door, the new material can be simply planted for double-sided tape.
- A more reliable fastening provides glue. To replace the seal, the superchalter is used, and the frost-resistant, since in the refrigeration chamber the temperature is relatively low and ordinary glue may not withstand. In the photo - repair of the refrigerator.
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