dclark1946 wrote:
If you leave the unit on all the time what do you do about frost accumulation on the cooling fins?
I don't get much frost if it's not in use and we're not constantly opening the door. When we use it, we just defrost it. We've gotten quite good and fast at that job.
We pull everything out and put it into an empty ice chest. We use a hair dryer (carefully) and warm until the ice drops off the fins. There is a sliding plastic catchplate that steers melting water out of the refer into the overflow in the refer back. We pull that out slightly and position a big bowl below the fins and below the overflow opening of the catchplate to catch the melting water (instead of sending that water out the back of the refer, where it's hard to clean). A large sponge catches the rest of the water. The system is still quite cold by the time we're done defrosting and we're repacking the refrigerator contents.
