How to Tighten Your Samsung Refrigerator Door Handles
Tools
These are some common tools used to work on this device. You might not need every tool for every procedure.
Background
Samsung spans numerous sectors of the consumer market, manufacturing electronics and home appliances, selling everything from a smartphone to a vacuum cleaner. Samsung originated as a company in 1938 when it was founded by Lee Byung-chul in South Korea. The company’s origins are vastly different from its activities today. Samsung started out as a small company with just forty employees that sold groceries, dried fish, and noodles. Around 1954, Samsung began expanding, dabbling in areas like insurance and retail. It wasn’t until the late 1960s that Samsung got involved in the electronics industry.
Among the many household appliances that Samsung manufactures are refrigerators, perhaps paying homage to the company’s food-driven origins. Samsung produces a range of refrigerator options, including 4-Door French Door, 4-Door Flex, 3-Door French Door, Side-by-Side, and Top Freezer models. Samsung also offers smart refrigerators, which integrate refrigerators into the Internet of Things. These smart refrigerators offer users what Samsung calls a Family Hub. The Family Hub is essentially a large touchscreen display on the door of the refrigerator. This added feature allows users to do a variety of things right from their fridge, including planning meals, shopping for groceries, playing music, managing schedules, and receiving notifications from other smart home appliances.
Model Number Nomenclature
Samsung Refrigerator model numbers can tell you a lot about the appliance. Here's a general breakdown:
- 1st Character = Refrigerator
- 2nd Character = Refrigerator Type
- F = French Door
- B = Bottom Mount Freezer
- S = Side-by-Side
- M = Four Door
- 3rd Character = Feature Information (Note: Not always used)
- 4th and 5th Character = Capacity Information
- 6th Character = Feature Information (Note: This can be a number or a letter)
- 7th and 8th Character = Factory Reference
- 9th and 10th Character = Color
- BP = Black
- RS = Real Stainless
- PN = Platinum
- WP = White
- 11th, 12th, and 13th Characters = Country
- /XAA = USA
- /XAC = Canada