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  • Maestro@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    Tip for quickly defrosting for anyone who wants to do this: get a few pans of water to the boil. Take everything out of your freezer. Turn it off, put the boiling pans of water in on top of some old towels (I stress: with pan! Don’t pour it!). Close the freezer and wait 10-15 minutes. The hot steam will quickly defrost your freezer, faster than your stuff will thaw. Fit as many pans as you can, don’t let the hot steam out, and repeat if the water cools but there’s still ice. It’s fast but messy. Use plenty of old towels!

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      2 days ago

      I would suggest not doing this if you have glass shelving in your freezer. You’d probably only want to do this with a thick plastic that won’t shatter from thermal shock of putting the hot pot/pan on some towels.

        • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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          1 day ago

          what about taking out the glass shelves, filling up one of those five gallon jugs with boiling water, then putting that in there? (i assume we’re talking a chest or walk-in)

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    2 days ago

    Thats awesome! Don’t forget to clean the condenser coils and fins. Lol I did the coils, but, not, the seals yet on mine. Had to pull the fridge out to clean broken glass. I saw your cleaning solution in the comments, I’m going to have to borrow that.

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    1 day ago

    I have never had to defrost a freezer. Doesn’t that mean that something is wrong with the freezer?

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    2 days ago

    I didn’t think they even made non-frost-free freezers anymore. Am I wrong or is this just an old reliable freezer?

    • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      The one at my work is 11 years old and doesn’t get frost, but it does get sheets of ice on the bottom. The one at my house is 3 years old and gets no frost or ice sheets.