Stormin Mormon wrote:

Defrosting a freezer with sharp object almost guarantees
needing a refrigerator guy to come out and patch it, and
put in new freon. Steak knives and Buck knives are near
guarantees to need the repairman to come out.

Nowadays such a repair is hardly worth it because it usually costs at least
$150+ (if reparable at all)!!!

If plugged after such damage has been done (even for a minute!!), it will
likely be beyond economical repair since moisture will get sucked into the
refrigeration system contaminating it (and the compressor oil too).


Best defrost tip is to spray the freezer walls with cooking
spray Pam (R) or equivilant. When you defrost properly
(hot water, or hair dryer) after a while the ice loosens up
and you can pry it off the freezer wall.

Ian Stirling wrote in message ...

Best way I've found of defrosting utterly safely is to take a
big fan, remove all stuff from fridge. Arrange pan/... to catch
drops. Now simply put the fan almost inside the fridge
blowing onto the opened door of the freezer compartment.

In my apartment when I had a manual defrost fridge (rare nowadays) I used to
leave all the food in the fridge but unplug it at night and leave the doors
closed. (make sure to have the defrost tray in the correct position).

In the morning dump the tray of melted defrost water and pick off any loose
slabs of ice from the evaporator (freezer box). Reinstall the drip tray and
leave the fridge unplugged for the rest of the day and repeat when I got
home from work. By that time all the ice which was on the evaporator and not
melted was able to be picked off easily in slabs.

The food inside the fridge stays cool because as the frost/ice melts it
absorbs the heat of the previsions still inside the cabinet.

Of course, the real trick is to defrost it when the frost build-up is no
more than about 1/4" think. Many models had a 1/4" red plug on the
evaporator which when it couldn't be seen any longer meant it was time to
defrost it.

BTW. If the freezer box is frosted over more than that, it won't be able to
cool very well and will consume more power to do it.

JMO

Dan O.
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