Defrosting a fridge

Big Bernard · 26 Feb 2007 at 08:41

My fridge needs defrosting.

Is there a difference between pressing the defrost button and just unplugging it for a few hours? :confused:

(ps - My fridge is not overclocked

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Gilly · 26 Feb 2007 at 08:46

Why would a fridge need defrosting? :/

Make sure you've enough containers to catch the ice. And put the settings right.

Matt-Page · 26 Feb 2007 at 08:46

Not sure what the defrost button will do but i would do the following.

1) Cook mahoooooosive meal with all of freezers contents.
2) Unplug Freezer
3) Boil kettle, and fill washing up bowl with boiling water, put into the freezer on a shelf. (Put some towels down around the edge of the freezer to soak up any excess water.
4) Once all ice has gone, clean freezer with bicarbonated soda.
Replace drawers, turn back on

That's what i would do anyway.

Saberu · 26 Feb 2007 at 08:47

I assume you mean the freezer compartment of a fridge freezer. Yeah I imagine it defrosts a lot slower if you use the button which can be beneficial with some foods.

Big Bernard · 26 Feb 2007 at 08:48

Gilly said:
Why would a fridge need defrosting? :/

The ice compartment at the top kind of gets rock solid with ice and I can't open it.

scaramanga182 · 26 Feb 2007 at 09:23

Saberu said:
I assume you mean the freezer compartment of a fridge freezer. Yeah I imagine it defrosts a lot slower if you use the button which can be beneficial with some foods.

The bottom of my fridge under the salad trays often ices up, a good whack with a hot knife usually does the business before mopping it up with a cloth and bowl.

teulk · 26 Feb 2007 at 10:45

I would guess pressing the defrost button isolates the freezer compartment but still allows the "fridge" compartment to function as normal. Turning it off at the mains obviously turns the whole fridge freezer off

Zip · 26 Feb 2007 at 10:47

Gilly said:
Why would a fridge need defrosting? :/

Make sure you've enough containers to catch the ice. And put the settings right.

Because ice will eventually build up and take up all thje fridge space, or the fridge will just ice up and then everything wil start to get too cold or it will just be really inefficient

Gilly · 26 Feb 2007 at 10:49

Zip said:
Because ice will eventually build up and take up all thje fridge space, or the fridge will just ice up and then everything wil start to get too cold or it will just be really inefficient

You missed the point. Fridges shouldn't have any ice in them at all. Unless they have freezer compartments, as in this case, except it wasn't mentioned in the OP.

Zip · 26 Feb 2007 at 10:53

Gilly said:
You missed the point. Fridges shouldn't have any ice in them at all. Unless they have freezer compartments, as in this case, except it wasn't mentioned in the OP.

Sometimes they still ice up though.

We had ice eat en entire milk carton once

Gilly · 26 Feb 2007 at 10:59

Then either your fridge malfunctioned or you had it on the incorrect settings

Zip · 26 Feb 2007 at 11:05

Gilly said:
Then either your fridge malfunctioned or you had it on the incorrect settings

The fridge was getting old

Its now Dead

Andr3w · 26 Feb 2007 at 11:08

Zip said:
The fridge was getting old

Its now Dead

Gilly · 26 Feb 2007 at 11:11

iCraig · 26 Feb 2007 at 11:13

Sorry to hear that mate.

R.I.P

platypus · 26 Feb 2007 at 11:45

Zip said:
The fridge was getting old

Its now Dead

RIP that fridge, what a legend

a1ex2001 · 26 Feb 2007 at 11:53

I suggest chuck frige freezer in the bin and buy a new frost free one for the win :cool:

caff · 26 Feb 2007 at 13:00

Slightly OT fridge question - do you have to leave new fridges to settle these days before you can turn them on?

Hedge · 26 Feb 2007 at 13:15

caff said:
Slightly OT fridge question - do you have to leave new fridges to settle these days before you can turn them on?

I think so, but not for particularly long