Defrosting a fridge

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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 :D)
 
Why would a fridge need defrosting? :/

Make sure you've enough containers to catch the ice. And put the settings right.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
 
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
 
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.
 
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 :D
 
Slightly OT fridge question - do you have to leave new fridges to settle these days before you can turn them on?
 
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
 
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