Why does punching an appliance sometimes seem to fix it?

418 views

So I live in military barracks and i have a shitty fridge in my room. It started making this horrible noise, and out of desperation I landed a solid right hook to the side of it. Like magic, the noise stopped. This has happened numerous times in my life. Something is broken, and some brute force fixes it. What happens inside that could solve the problem from percussive force?

In: 239

19 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

I’ve always known it to be called do it the Russian Way. But it’s more widely known as percussive maintenance, which has a low chance of success. If it’s something mechanical that spins or turns it can simply be out of alignment, like a fan. Hitting it can jossle it back into place usually only momentarily.

You are viewing 1 out of 19 answers, click here to view all answers.