On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 21:16:12 UTC, pe wrote:

On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 21:02:55 GMT, Dan_Musicant wrote:

I used to have to do that, and for two refrigerators. The first thing I
did when I bought my house was blow my last $1000 on a new refrigerator.
Haven't had to do that stuff since. I never ruined one, but I hacked
away at a lot of ice. When I started getting nervous (and as I got
wiser), I started using hot water to melt the glaciers. I'd heat big
pots of it and use a baster to soak the ice. Sopped up the big puddles
at the bottom with big sponges. On and on until the job was done.

If your vacuum allows you to attach the hose to the exhaust end it will make
quick work of ice. I have an Electrosux and I just stick the vac hose in the
icebox.

When I had that problem... a very long time ago... I used to shave the
frost/ice with a sponge or whatever. The shavings made for a nice
snowball or ice cone. I lived in Florida at the time. Nothing like
greeting a northerner by having a snowball fight by the pool in 90F
weather. The rest was taken care of in a half hour by a small fan.
The ice broke off in nice slabs.

David