2007-02-02 12:25:40 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
put a cam corder in the fridge to film the indide with the door shut!
Then you can play it back and all will be revealed.
2007-02-02 19:28:03 · answer #1 · answered by ktbaron 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The fridge does not know, what happens is when the door closes it presses in a little button, somewhere on the door or the edge of the fridge where the door closes, when this is pressed in then I am sure it somehow releases something that stops a circuit being made and so the light goes of. When the door is opened, the little thing pops out, thus releasing whatever it has pressed in and the circuit becomes complete again and so the light comes back on.
2007-02-02 12:48:42 · answer #2 · answered by FunnyNanny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good 21st century refrigerator, like most major appliances, caters to the desires of their human masters. This is absolutely learned, conscious behavior, because refrigerators know that if they didn't turn on the light when the door was opened, they'd be severly punished, just as their 20th century ancestors were.
There's nothing amazing about this, by the way. It's absolutely natural for major appliances to exhibit an instinct for self-preservation.
I certainly hope that your post doesn't mean to imply that refrigerators are somehow inferior to other appliances, or that they, like microwaves and the low-level brands of toasters, lack a qualitative, unified consciousness. If so, I think it's inappropriate to use a venue like Yahoo Answers as a soap-box for your anti-appliance rants.
I hope we can stop prejuidice against refrigerators in our lifetime.
2007-02-02 12:47:47 · answer #3 · answered by Tom K 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
a push to break switch the door pushes down on the switch and the light turns off the door opens and the circuit completes again making the light turn on
2007-02-02 14:45:25 · answer #4 · answered by macgyver 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fridge door opens, the light button is _||_ when not in contact and light is on.
Fridge door closes, the light button is __ when in contact and light is off. ||
These are old techs.
2007-02-02 13:28:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't, the door hits the button turning the light off when you close the door
2007-02-02 12:30:45 · answer #6 · answered by im2jaded04 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can usually see a light switch when the door is open. Activate it by hand and have a bunch of fun. Won't cost you a dime.
2007-02-02 12:32:12 · answer #7 · answered by Don 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After the fridge door is closed..
Sausage: Hey! who killed the lights??
Bacon: Whaddya know?.. a talkin' salami!
Beercan: Hey! just chill out you guys! some of us tryn' to catch big ZZZ's
SaladMix: Look don't worry people, this always happens..it's called COLES LAW!
2007-02-02 17:04:34 · answer #8 · answered by troothskr 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's a depression switch on the hinge edge of the doorframe that the door activates when opening or closing.
2007-02-02 12:33:55 · answer #9 · answered by thellord_thighgod 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a little pin that pops out when the door is open,like a cars inside light,
2007-02-02 21:38:35 · answer #10 · answered by bristoleon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋