DiskDoctr
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Antique Deere wrote:Turn off the low ambient switch located at the top of the freezer door area. Open the freezer door to gain access to the switch.
IIRC, the light stays on when the LAS is turned on to reduce exterior moisture on the fridge. It's a feature.
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mr300ce
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Antique Deere wrote:Turn off the low ambient switch located at the top of the freezer door area. Open the freezer door to gain access to the switch.
That switch, on/off, does not effect my interior light.
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dougrainer
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mr300ce wrote:Antique Deere wrote:Turn off the low ambient switch located at the top of the freezer door area. Open the freezer door to gain access to the switch.
That switch, on/off, does not effect my interior light.
Some models have 2 switches----CLC and LAC. Some models only have 1 switch--CLC. You probably have the 1 switch? Doug
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DiskDoctr
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mr300ce wrote:Antique Deere wrote:Turn off the low ambient switch located at the top of the freezer door area. Open the freezer door to gain access to the switch.
That switch, on/off, does not effect my interior light.
The light only goes off when the door is closed 
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DiskDoctr wrote:mr300ce wrote:Antique Deere wrote:Turn off the low ambient switch located at the top of the freezer door area. Open the freezer door to gain access to the switch.
That switch, on/off, does not effect my interior light.
The light only goes off when the door is closed
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No, the Ambient switch leaves the light ON when the door is closed to warm up the interior to keep things from freezing. Doug
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DiskDoctr
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dougrainer wrote:No, the Ambient switch leaves the light ON when the door is closed to warm up the interior to keep things from freezing. Doug
...when it is turned 'ON'
Otherwise, with the switch 'Off' it will function like a normal fridge light and turn off with the door closed.
If the poster has the door open and flips the switch, he won't notice any effect. It's only when the door is closed that the switch keeps the light on or it goes off, depending upon the switch.
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Please don't get offended by the funny posts. They really are not being mean. Sometimes on the forum we tend to have weird sense of humors. It makes our daily lives easier.
I hope you get you problem solved.
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sc3283
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fridge is used to cool....so we leave the light on to warm
kind of an oximoron...isn't it?
my Dometic fridges have both had light turns off no matter what position my little switch below the freezer is in.
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Chris Bryant
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sc3283 wrote:fridge is used to cool....so we leave the light on to warm
kind of an oximoron...isn't it?
It is for use in freezing weather to keep the freezer portion cold. What happens is in very cold weather, the cooling unit doesn't have to work to keep the fresh food cold, and because it is the same unit for freezer and fresh food, but the only temperature sensing is in the fresh compartment, the freezer gets too warm. By adding heat to the fresh compartment, it forces the cooling unit to run more, keeping the freezer cold enough.
Quote:my Dometic fridges have both had light turns off no matter what position my little switch below the freezer is in.
Yours is a CLC or climate switch, which just turns on a heater between the doors for condensation. If you had 2 switches, you would have the LAT switch as well.
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Learn something every day. I thought my switch was defective, but thanks to this thread, I learned what the low ambient temp switch does.
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