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louiskathy
May 29, 2015Explorer
It's a lot easier to defrost it IF you do it before the ice builds up.
1. turn off the unit.
2. Keep the fridge door shut.
3. open the freezer door and put all the frozen food into an insulated freezer bag. (the kind that zips shut ... the kind that you use to bring food back from the grocery store.)
4. Place a thin flexible cutting board on the bottom of the freezer. (The ones you can trim with a scissors to get it just the right size.) Wait about an hour or just use a blower dryer to GENTLY defrost the interior.
5. Place a couple of paper towels on top of the thin flexible cutting board.
6. You can use a plastic pancake turner to easily get behind the sheets of ice and GENTLY pry them away from the sides of the freezer... let them fall on the paper towels and cutting board... you can lift them out as needed.
7. You can actually leave the thin cutting board inside the bottom of the freezer... once you get everything dried with towels.
8. Turn on the unit... wait another hour... make sure it's getting cold. Then put all your frozen food back.
Hint: I keep a few frozen gel packs in my freezer all the time. I use them to put into the insulated freezer bag when I go shopping. I use them when someone needs cold applied to injuries. I use them to keep my frozen food cold while I'm defrosting the freezer.
another Hint: Get a couple indoor/outdoor wireless thermometers to know the inside temps of the freezer and fridge without opening the door.
1. turn off the unit.
2. Keep the fridge door shut.
3. open the freezer door and put all the frozen food into an insulated freezer bag. (the kind that zips shut ... the kind that you use to bring food back from the grocery store.)
4. Place a thin flexible cutting board on the bottom of the freezer. (The ones you can trim with a scissors to get it just the right size.) Wait about an hour or just use a blower dryer to GENTLY defrost the interior.
5. Place a couple of paper towels on top of the thin flexible cutting board.
6. You can use a plastic pancake turner to easily get behind the sheets of ice and GENTLY pry them away from the sides of the freezer... let them fall on the paper towels and cutting board... you can lift them out as needed.
7. You can actually leave the thin cutting board inside the bottom of the freezer... once you get everything dried with towels.
8. Turn on the unit... wait another hour... make sure it's getting cold. Then put all your frozen food back.
Hint: I keep a few frozen gel packs in my freezer all the time. I use them to put into the insulated freezer bag when I go shopping. I use them when someone needs cold applied to injuries. I use them to keep my frozen food cold while I'm defrosting the freezer.
another Hint: Get a couple indoor/outdoor wireless thermometers to know the inside temps of the freezer and fridge without opening the door.
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