PMSL, umm, how do I defrost my freezer?
18-04-2010, 12:22 PM
#1
PMSL, umm, how do I defrost my freezer?
Can't believe I'm asking this But how do I defrost my freezer safely?
I have a built in fridge freezer in my kitchen - top half fridge, bottom half freezer. The top drawer section of the freezer has a big build up of ice in it, and is stopping the drawer coming in and out properly, and is leaving the drawer pushing on the door meaning I don't think it's closing properly, so I need to de-frost/de-ice it. But it doesn't have a seperate on/off switch for the fridge and freezer - just the one power switch to the whole thing.
So I was thinking, do I just turn it off at the mains, decant all the freezer stuff into a cool box with some ice packs to keep it frozen and then put a couple pans of boiled water in the freezer to defrost the ice?
Sorry if it sounds stupid, but I've never done it before
Also, is there a way to reduce the ice build up in the freezer? There doesn't seem to be a separate temp control either - the only one I can find is the temp knob in the fridge (1-5) but nothing for the freezer?
18-04-2010, 12:26 PM
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Part of the Furniture
Most people either find a friend with a big freezer, eat all the freezer food cool box might work, but you just leave the fridge off, until the ice melts, no hot water.
18-04-2010, 12:27 PM
#3
just finding my feet
open freezer door and let it defrost, hot water pans aint gonna do anything and hot water will freeze on touch of ice unless there is a shite load of it
turn the fucking thing down though and be sure the drain bit at the back aint blocked as that what causes mine to frost up for some reason
turn the fucking thing down though and be sure the drain bit at the back aint blocked as that what causes mine to frost up for some reason
18-04-2010, 12:29 PM
#4
Thats the point Al, I can't turn it down, there doesn't seem to be a temp control for it! The only one in the fridge part only seems to control the fridge itself...
What bit at the back do I need to drain? It's built in, so I can't get to the back
What bit at the back do I need to drain? It's built in, so I can't get to the back
18-04-2010, 12:37 PM
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I always use a big pan of boiling water to help shift the ice....
I suppose you could hack some of the ice away with a breadknife
I suppose you could hack some of the ice away with a breadknife
18-04-2010, 12:53 PM
#13
just finding my feet
its not actually my name,,,, and it is not a name i answer too either nor my actual name i answer too as it anoys me, i dont expect you to be aware of this but honestly its a word i hate be called hence everyone calls me "ginge", its not to insult me its cause my name offends me more
18-04-2010, 12:55 PM
#14
just finding my feet
18-04-2010, 01:08 PM
#15
The "roof" is where mine is also getting iced up. I don't think buying a new freezer is a cost effective scenario to this exact problem
Ginge, I didn't know it offended you - not sure I've ever met anyone that's offended by their own name
And yes folks, de-icer was in fact a joke, hence the " " after it 
I need to go find something to put the food into to keep it frozen for a few hours whilst I defrost it then...
Ginge, I didn't know it offended you - not sure I've ever met anyone that's offended by their own name
And yes folks, de-icer was in fact a joke, hence the "
" after it I need to go find something to put the food into to keep it frozen for a few hours whilst I defrost it then...
18-04-2010, 01:18 PM
#16
just finding my feet
the are called a neighbours fridge mate
18-04-2010, 01:23 PM
#17
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Most domestic fridge freezers the thermosat only controlls the fridge temp as freezer is secondary cooling. sounds to me that the stat may be turned up to high. i would normally set it to 2 or 3 on the dial.
My sound a bit daft but if you have no over night storage for yor frozen food i would steal the wifes hair dryer and set about it should only take about 30 mins as this i what i use when defrosting fridges or freezers.Please aviod the temptation to chip it whith a knife as you will only end up bursting the evaperator and costing yourself a new freezer.
My sound a bit daft but if you have no over night storage for yor frozen food i would steal the wifes hair dryer and set about it should only take about 30 mins as this i what i use when defrosting fridges or freezers.Please aviod the temptation to chip it whith a knife as you will only end up bursting the evaperator and costing yourself a new freezer.
18-04-2010, 01:26 PM
#18
just finding my feet
18-04-2010, 02:09 PM
#23
My neighbours I don't know well enough to go banging on their doors asking if I can stuff my food in their freezer
I'll borrow a cool box off my mum and chuck some ice paks in there to to keep it frozen if it's only gonna take a half hour or an hour to defrost with a hair dryer...
As for the stat - the fridge one is only set to 2 (out of 5)
And Stevos - that's exactly why I started this thread - I didn't wanna go scraping it or trying to chip it off incase I damaged stuff! As far as me and freezer's go - I put stuff in them and it comes out frozen, and that's about all I know
I'll borrow a cool box off my mum and chuck some ice paks in there to to keep it frozen if it's only gonna take a half hour or an hour to defrost with a hair dryer...
As for the stat - the fridge one is only set to 2
(out of 5)And Stevos - that's exactly why I started this thread - I didn't wanna go scraping it or trying to chip it off incase I damaged stuff! As far as me and freezer's go - I put stuff in them and it comes out frozen, and that's about all I know
18-04-2010, 02:58 PM
#25
Anyway, done now. Half hour with a hair dryer
Just turned it off and sat wafting a hair dryer in front of it and began breaking the ice up with my fingers and it's all gone now.I turned the power back on and closed the door and can hear the compressor working, so how long do I leave it before I put the food back in?
18-04-2010, 04:14 PM
#34
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its not actually my name,,,, and it is not a name i answer too either nor my actual name i answer too as it anoys me, i dont expect you to be aware of this but honestly its a word i hate be called hence everyone calls me "ginge", its not to insult me its cause my name offends me more
18-04-2010, 04:31 PM
#35
just put the grub back in again when you turn it on, it's like like you wait for it to warm up or thelike
and the ebst way is to turn it off from the mains and leave the door open, that way you keep the cool bit of the fridge cool but the feeezer part open to the ambients and hair drier temps to cool it off quicker
do it every few months to prevent it from building up again
the drain that ginge is on about is normally ni the fridge section, the water condesnses and runs down a drain at the back to be burnt off by the hot part of the pipework system
and the ebst way is to turn it off from the mains and leave the door open, that way you keep the cool bit of the fridge cool but the feeezer part open to the ambients and hair drier temps to cool it off quicker
do it every few months to prevent it from building up again
the drain that ginge is on about is normally ni the fridge section, the water condesnses and runs down a drain at the back to be burnt off by the hot part of the pipework system
18-04-2010, 04:50 PM
#36
Dojj, yeah thats what I did. Clicked it off at the mains, and left the freezer door open and the fridge door shut.
I left the contents of the freezer out for another 15mins or so after turning fridge freezer back on again, just to give it a headstart on cooling the inside, but it probably made no difference. It was probably cooler in there than it was where the food was, so made no odds to chuck it back in again. It's only cos a freezer repair man once said to me it's better to give a freezer it's initial freeze with nothing in it as it doesn't have to work as hard as when it's full....
I left the contents of the freezer out for another 15mins or so after turning fridge freezer back on again, just to give it a headstart on cooling the inside, but it probably made no difference. It was probably cooler in there than it was where the food was, so made no odds to chuck it back in again. It's only cos a freezer repair man once said to me it's better to give a freezer it's initial freeze with nothing in it as it doesn't have to work as hard as when it's full....
18-04-2010, 08:38 PM
#37
actually, a fridge works better when there is less space inside, there are loads of reports of fridges using less power when filled with plastic water containers as then the temps are kept low by the water once they reach their iitialy set temps 
not sure if this works with freezers though
not sure if this works with freezers though
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