One of the rules in our dorm is to de-frost the freezer in the fridge which is one of the very small personal refrigerators, butwith out just taking everything out and risking it spoiling I don't know what to do. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks!
2006-09-30 18:57:31 · 14 answers · asked by jen 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
your stuff wont spoil if you defrost it quickly with pans of hot water.
Set the pan of hot water under the freezer coil.
2006-09-30 19:00:26 · answer #1 · answered by ValleyR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remove the food from the freezer. It shouldn't take so long that your things will thaw out.
Turn off the refrigerator.
Using a hair dryer set on high blow the air into the freezer.
Don't let the water drip on the dryer. Point the dryer at the top edge of ice. It is much faster if you run the heat along the edge of the ice & the top of the freezer. If the freezer is plastic don't let the heat stay on one spot to long. As you see a line along the top of the ice just keep moving the blower back and forth along it & the whole piece will soon fall (If it is pretty big you might want to catch it.
As the ice is melting you may want to sponge up some of the water as you a going along.
Then work on the ice along the back. Moving the heat along the top of the ice. Once it starts to melt water runs down between the ice & wall & will come loose quickly.
That leaves the bottom of the freezer & you are now into the swing of it.
Wipe it dry & put things back. Turn it back on.
2006-09-30 19:31:09 · answer #2 · answered by Floyd B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easy, buy a foam cooler for about a dollar or two. Fill with food from fridge, put some ice on top. Put a towel in the fridge bottom , shut off fridge. Leave door open, let ice melt changing or squeezing out towel from time to time. Don't use any sharp objects near freezer coils. When totally defrosted, wash out with bleach solution and the seals too. Turn back on and in an hour reload the food.
BTW, Steph glass may BREAK not brake.
I apply the brake in my car.
2006-10-04 10:43:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put the food in a cooler while you defrost. You can put the frozen food or ice if there is any in the cooler to keep the food cool while you defrost the freezer. Put newspapers or towels in the bottom to soak up the water that will form from melting ice.
Turn the freezer off, open the door and let the room-temperature air circulate inside. You can use a hair dryer to loosen the ice. You want to use a spatula to pry the ice off before it completely melts and makes a big mess. That way it'll come off in large chunks that can be discarded in a sink, tub, shower, etc.
Good luck.
2006-09-30 19:40:07 · answer #4 · answered by KIT J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turn off refrigerator. Place the food in an insulated container if you have one or wrap with layers of newspaper and a dry clean towel if not.
Place a large pan of warm - hot water in the freezer and let it sit for a while. Repeat if needed. You can scrape ice off with a flat plastic or wood item but using a knife could puncture the refrigerant tubes. Dump the ice in a sink. A towel or newspaper sheets on the floor will take care of most of the mess.
2006-09-30 21:37:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
FOR A QUICK DEFROST. Turn the frig off and set a pan or plastic bowl (I'm not sure if glass would brake, I always used a pan) of hot water in the freezer. You may have to repeat a few times or so. Then wipe out the mess. Wa La. It's done!
It doesn't take that long to defrost, so your food will be alright. If your worried about the food put it in an ice chest.
2006-10-04 03:04:41 · answer #6 · answered by Gramms 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turn it off and keep the refrigerator open till the ice fall from the freezer wall. You can put slight pressure with your fingers over the ice to make them come off walls. You remove the ice so that it does not melt and mess up inside your fridge.
2006-09-30 20:11:46 · answer #7 · answered by chimp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very Small Refrigerator
2016-11-14 09:08:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Been there, done that. what I used to do, is....Take everything out and put in a cooler with ice. De-frost the ice with an electric hair dryer. It doesn't take too long and you can get the food back in with no prob. The food won't be out long enough to matter.
2006-09-30 19:08:44 · answer #9 · answered by b_friskey 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
just unplug it and open the door. You could use a hair dryer to speed the melting then just pull out some of the ice when it loosens. Do not use anything sharp to remove the ice you could damage the cooling lines.
2006-10-01 01:43:23 · answer #10 · answered by Steven K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋