On 8/4/2014 7:34 PM, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Aug 2014 14:28:35 -0700, "Pico Rico" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Use the fan alone. You will not need luck unless you persist with your
>> "chipping the ice out with a kitchen knife, oyster knife, or a 19th century
>> English carpet stretcher I bought on eBay that works quite well for chipping
>> ice" or your mom's "boiling water trick".
>
> I used to have an upright (non self-defrosting) freezer in the
> basement. I only needed to let it stand with the door open for a
> couple of hours and the ice would drop off without the need for a hair
> dryer. It would be self-defrosting if it was upstairs in the kitchen.
>

I just pull everything out, put a sheet cake pan on the freezer floor
to catch the melted ice/water, stick a blow dryer inside, prop the
door mostly shut, wait 5-10 minutes. Open door, turn off blow dryer,
wipe everything dry, remove pan of water, refill freezer, turn back on
and it's good.