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Default The Great Defrosting

On 8/4/2014 2:34 PM, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Aug 2014 14:28:35 -0700, "Pico Rico" >
> wrote:
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>>
>> 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.
>


That's what I do with the refrigerator at work. I just turn off the
thing and wait a few hours. I don't leave the door open because I want
to retain the cold. I used to hack away at the ice but these days, I'm
smarter and more patient. The ice falls off in big chunks. The chore is
a piece of cake for those willing to wait.
 
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