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Posted by DK on May 24, 2007, 8:09 am
>Trying to get companies to start making these things right. The defrost
>cycle should be selectable and NOT the time delayed method. You do not
>want the thing to defrost when its hot and kids are using it. Its best
>done while people are asleep or not using it. The temperature will rise
>in the freezer to at least 20 degrees and more, for a half hour during
>defrost. I just ran a week long test. I always suspected that freezers
>i have used go too far into extremes. Anybody who eats ice cream knows
>that the cream is a lot softer after a defrost cycle. With more
>equipment using digital processors, refrigerators should not be from
>the ice age. My actual test was far from worst case. I did not open the
>doors during defrost.
>gs
My defroster on my side by side comes on twice a day. Current jumps
from 2.6 amps to 5 amps. When I really overload the freezer, the
defroster is still not enough and ice doesn't get completely melted in
the evaporator coil area.
So about twice a year, I defrost the coils with a hair dryer
. I'm getting a chest freezer to hold the overflow.
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