Freezer Project
Jan 4, 2021 13:36:58 #
MrMophoto
Loc: Rhode Island "The biggest little"
About ten years ago I purchased a freezer on the bottom frig for a second home I had at the time. The freezer kept getting filled up with ice even though it was a frost-free. A neighbor said he had the same problem and paid a repair person to come in and fix it. It turns out the bottom frost-free models have a heating element that turns excess ice into water and a drain in the back that allows water being produced to flow into the bottom pan where it evaporates. Trouble is, that drain is not very wide and regularly freezes shut. The repair person had a manufacturers clip on device (essentially a thin copper wire) that attached to the heating element and went partially down the thin drain, keeping the drain free flowing. I took a small length of copper wire from some left over electrical work, wrapped one end around the heating element and stuck the other end down the drain tube.
Ten years later I sold the house with the same frig with no problems of ice build up.
Ten years later I sold the house with the same frig with no problems of ice build up.
Jan 4, 2021 13:49:01 #
Fleckjohn65 wrote:
Hi Gerry and happy New Year. My wife waits for a cold day and empties our freezer (we have an up-right all freezer) and then uses a fan to blow warm air in to melt the ice. Then brings every thing in and fills freezer.
Sorry. Spelled ur name wrong Jerry!
Jan 4, 2021 14:15:29 #
jerryc41 wrote:
My freezer has everything covered with a beautiful layer of frost. Let me get my camera! 
Air must be getting somehow, so I'll have to empty it and see what I can find. The gasket around the door looks good. This is a pull-out freezer at the bottom of the fridge.
Air must be getting somehow, so I'll have to empty it and see what I can find. The gasket around the door looks good. This is a pull-out freezer at the bottom of the fridge.
Is your Fridge. by chance have a defrost system.
If so you might have a defrost timer bad.
Jan 4, 2021 15:04:35 #
jerryc41 wrote:
My freezer has everything covered with a beautiful layer of frost. Let me get my camera!
Air must be getting somehow, so I'll have to empty it and see what I can find. The gasket around the door looks good. This is a pull-out freezer at the bottom of the fridge.
Air must be getting somehow, so I'll have to empty it and see what I can find. The gasket around the door looks good. This is a pull-out freezer at the bottom of the fridge.
You should call Nancy Palosi she knows a lot about Freezers!!
Jan 4, 2021 20:35:04 #
Good evening Jerryc41,, I worked in the ammonia refrigeration department at Smithfield foods a few years and can tell you this for sure. Frost on the product is the direct result of warm air meeting cold air. The humidity of the influx of the warm air is what creates ice crystals. How long did you have the freezer door open while loading it?
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