I did not read all posts on this so maybe it was already mentioned, but, the
solution is known since a while:
[Tex Avery - The House of Tomorrow](http://dai.ly/x2ij31k?start=336)
Claudio Bonavolta
[www.bonavolta.ch](http://www.bonavolta.ch)
Now that's funny.
On Mar 17, 2016 11:01 AM, "Dana Myers" wrote:On 3/16/2016 5:22 PM, Bob Younger
wrote:
If the door's closed how do you know the light is out? Bob
I put a power-meter on the refrigerator, and found that the power
consumption
would go up 30W when the door was open vs closed. I then temporarily
removed
the light and observed the same 30W power consumption difference. I
concluded
that the light is the sole source of power consumption change and
that it was
clearly not powered when the door was closed.
Examination of the refrigerator wiring diagram further supported
this conclusion;
a door-switch is wired in series with the light bulb. Once I
discovered this, I experimentally
pressed on the door switch when the door was open and I directly
observed the
light going out. Given the door mechanically depresses the switch
when closed,
I am comfortable with the conclusion.
Dana K6JQ
