How to Defrost a Freezer
These days, defrosting a freezer is a thing of the past. No-frost freezers are the standard freezers available today, but should you find yourself stuck with an old model, never fear. Defrosting can be a little fussy but really simple to do. Here’s how.
Materials
Ice chest/s
Sponges
Hot water
Dish cloth
Basin
Procedure
Turn the freezer off. The control panel may be located inside the freezer or the refrigerator itself. Take the refrigerator plug out of its socket.
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Take out all the food in the freezer and put them in the ice chest while you defrost the refrigerator.
There are three ways to remove the ice from the freezer. One method is to leave the freezer door open until the ice melts. The second method is boiling a pan of hot water and putting the pan inside the freezer, closing the door and checking for melting ice and reheating the water every ten minutes. The third method is using a hair dryer to melt the ice. The third method can be actually quite dangerous, but if you insist on doing this, make sure you wear rubber boots or avoid standing on a pool of water while using the hair dryer.
Pick out separated pieces of ice from the freezer and soak up the melted ice with a dish cloth. Deposit both in the sink.
Put warm water in another bowl or basin. Soak a dish cloth in the water and wipe the inside of the freezer when the freezer has been cleared of ice.
While it may be tempting, do not use soap to “clean” the freezer. It will only cause damage to the freezer.
Dry your hands thoroughly, wipe up any mess defrosting has caused, and plug the freezer back on. Turn the switch on, close the freezer door, and let it run for ten to 15 minutes.
After fifteen minutes, you can go put back the food from the ice chest back into the freezer.