AEG Refrigerator Fridge Model Santo 2203 dt

by K2
(Germany)

My refrigerator is an older top freezer AEG Refrigerator Freezer model, "Santo 2203 DT". I bought a used one ten years ago and it is still cooling as expected. I had to change the bulb of the light illuminating the fridge once, as it burned thru due to a loose contact in the "door closed" light switch.

As far as I remember it was some pretty standard bulb I could easily buy. Obviously the spiral inside the door contact switch became weaker over the years and stopped having enough remaining force to switch off the circuit controlling the inner light completely even though the door was shut with the switch pressing against it.

So the old bulb encountered some serious flickering before going dead. Some layers of duct tape glued onto the switch top resolved the problem by adding some extra pressure onto the switch again once the door gets closed. I do deice the top freezer about once per year.