Attached fridge handle

Use care when opening the fridge with it

Author: Matthias Merz, Karlsruhe, Germany

Online since: 06/10/2010, Number of visits: 318703

Fridge for short people

Generally, my sister's fridge is great, but sadly designed for short people... It's ok to bend down to get into the freezer (you don't need it that often), but having the recessed grip on the bottom left of the fridge is really annoying. A higher-up handle was needed for the fridge door. But how do you do that without drilling holes? Simple: Just order where they have accessories for crazy ideas: supermagnete.fi ;-)

Materials needed

Two extra-strong countersunk pot magnets CSN-ES-20, a furniture handle from the home improvement store (in my case 125 mm long) and suitable M4 head screws.

Assembly is self-explanatory: Screw magnets onto the handle and adhere handle to fridge.

Handle attached to the fridge with magnets

Application

Now you can open the fridge door with this handle.
Tests revealed two particularities:

1) If not handled carefully, the magnets may scratch the fridge. It might be better to cover the magnets with suitable rubber caps PAR-21, although that reduces the adhesive force.

2) The maximum adhesive force of 11 kg times 2 is barely enough. You can't jerk on the fridge door; otherwise you'll only rip the handle off. Maybe two bigger countersunk pot magnets CSN-25 could remedy this (along with suitable rubber caps).

The fridge door is opened with the help of the handle

By now, my sister totally got used to opening the fridge carefully. It's still much better than bending over every time you need something from the fridge. Hence, I lack the motivation to try it with stronger magnets...

Note from the supermagnete team:
Please consider the following two particularities with this application"

According to experience, the thickness of sheet iron in fridge doors varies greatly and may suit even smaller magnets.
Fridge doors are coated with a layer of paint, which increases the air gap between magnet and sheet iron and therefore reduces the adhesive force.

Hence, it is hard to tell if larger magnets would lead to better results in this case.

Read more on the subject on our FAQ page How strong is this magnet?

Articles used

CSN-ES-20

neodymium pot magnet Ø 20 mm with countersunk hole, holds approx. 11 kg,

	1 pc.	3,25 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	2,83 EUR ea.*
from	10 pcs.	2,46 EUR ea.*
from	20 pcs.	2,28 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	2,11 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 260 pcs.

Available: 52 887 pcs.

Rubber caps Ø 21 mm

to protect surfaces

	10 pcs.	0,26 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	0,22 EUR ea.*
from	80 pcs.	0,21 EUR ea.*
from	160 pcs.	0,19 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 2 500 pcs.

Available: 102 400 pcs.

CSN-25

neodymium pot magnet Ø 25 mm with countersunk hole, holds approx. 19 kg,

	1 pc.	4,51 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	3,97 EUR ea.*
from	10 pcs.	3,46 EUR ea.*
from	20 pcs.	3,22 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	3,01 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 220 pcs.

Available: 220 280 pcs.

Rubber caps Ø 26 mm

to protect surfaces

	10 pcs.	0,28 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	0,23 EUR ea.*
from	80 pcs.	0,21 EUR ea.*
from	160 pcs.	0,19 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 2 500 pcs.

Available: 11 950 pcs.

ZTN-20

neodymium pot magnet Ø 20 mm with counterbore hole, holds approx. 6 kg,

	1 pc.	3,35 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	2,90 EUR ea.*
from	10 pcs.	2,51 EUR ea.*
from	20 pcs.	2,31 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	2,14 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 220 pcs.

Available: 5 508 pcs.

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