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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 พ.ค. 2013
- This tutorial is on how to defrost your freezer WITH OUT unplugging it!
YUP WITHOUT UNPLUGGING IT! I SAID IT!
Every one claims you that HAVE TO unplug your freezer before you defrost it...i say BA HUM BUG to them!
I had found a way to do defrost my freezer without having to hurt my shoulder (sinceihave a ripped rotator cuff on my left side) and you have to move the refrigerator or freezer to unplug it! Well not me!
So welcome to my version of the lazy mother's version on how to do things! - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Thanks so much for this, I have a fridge/freezer and 2 toddlers so it is impossible to switch off the whole thing to clean the freezer! I also can't move the whole thing to reach the plug, way too heavy for me, will try this method out!
Looks good. I am lazy too so I will have to try this :) . The last time I defrosted my freezer I left the door open overnight by accident I might add. The food was ruined but the freezer was clean.
Thanks a ton! I have a stand alone freezer that was dripping today because the top shelf has 2 inches of ice! Shutting the door helped make it speedy too. Very messy though!
Glad I could help!
Thanks so much! This morning I really needed this tip!
A little trick a bodybuilder showed me to quickly heal rotator cuff is to put your elbows tight by your sides and bend your arms so the your forearms are perpendicular to the floor then rotate your arms from in front of you out to your sides just like a refrigerator swings. Do this 10 times every morning in the shower, mine was bad for 8 months but after doing this exercise healed in 3 weeks, I am very grateful for the big guy at the desk at Planet Fitness for this knowledge. Thanks for the vid)
Prickly 69 i still have the pain in my left shoulder but the right one - seems like it has sympathy pains for the left side.... and i will try that! thanks! *hugs*
This is a good tip for me as I need to defrost my old ice box quickly before my new fridge freezer arrives. The delivery men are going to take the old fridge away and it needs to be defrosted for them, yet I want the fridge on to keep the food fresh for transfer. Thank you.
you are very welcome- you might want to try unplugging it about 20 to 30 mins before the arrival of the new frig or you can get coolers to store your items and then unplug it for 1 to 2 hours before as well
I thought this was the usual way to defrost a freezer. It's the way I've always done it before getting a frost free one. I can't remember whether I turned it off or not but I would for safety reasons.
Great job,fairplay!!😀👏
Thanks for posting- just the tip I needed to clean something that had spilled and frozen in my freezer!
+Lindsay Alberts you are most welcome!
Thanks, great video!
you are very welcome!! im glad it worked for ya
Thank you! I need to clean our freezer but didn't want to move and unplug, etc. :)
+Heather Speck the reason why I had to do this because I have to ripped rotator cuffs in my shoulder one on the right and one on the left and I couldn't physically move it myself so I had to deal with this way so I thought this would be a great tip for people who we had back problems or shoulder injuries or any other injuries that prevent them from moving a heavy thing like a refrigerator to defrost a refrigerator if it over Ice is like that
I thought all refrigerator and freezer had a internal off and on control.
It seems like I would be stressing out my Condenser. I've always used the pot of hot water. Work every time.
Thanks! Water trick works like a charm :D
Nillawaffer4u you are welcome
Awesome! Thanks so much for sharing. I have a stand up freezer that's as big as a refrigerator. I boiled 3 pans of water to put on 3 of the 4 shelves. The whole thing probably took me about a half an hour at the most. Super cool 'cuz I had a lot of other cleaning to get done today, too.
i am glad you were helped
@@LishaJoya do you still have this freezer by the way?
no i dont...i got a better refrigerator and sold the old one...the refrigerator was 15 years old
Thank you soooo much It works
Recently I tried chipping away at the ice with a hammer and screwdriver; applying the tip of the screwdriver to the ice and gently (or so I thought) tapping the head of the screwdriver with the hammer. I ended up making a crack in the inner wall of the freezer. This completely fucked the freezer and caused nasty-smelling chemicals to seep out and contaminate the food so it all had to be binned. I suppose I should be thankful it was only a cheap model and I had already had it 15 months. Don't make the mistake I made!
I did this too before! Bad idea
thanks a lot... this helped
yw :)
+Gemma Park to defrost your freezer your model may be different than mine so you might actually have to unplug it to prevent the freon from being ruined or distracted or even the power supply from being rude in your refrigerator type or model especially when it comes to the icemaker in your refrigerator or freezer
Why leave it switched on? If you've taken everything out of it, there is nothing to be gained from leaving it running and the compressor will be working overtime to reach the required temperature while you're steaming it with boiling water. This is a brilliant way to shorten the life of your freezer!
tjf4375 exactly!
I do the same thing just switch it off. Even if I have a small amount of food in it. It doesn't harm it. Though mine has a easy switch inside XD
@@rose444200 don't they have a zero on the temp dial so that you still have a light on. Oh wait stupid me freezers don't have lights in them XD.
Thanks!
any time!
your welcome
It will eventually burn the motor out. However good idea about the hot water inside but I'd rather unplug it because the landlord may take months before he replaces a damaged fridge/freezer! :)
Marianne Wolf i do the same with my chest freezer....
+Charles Dale Good for you : you know how to pick a good landlord! But we're in Ireland here...
+Charles Dale That's what we need here: some sort of structure. I live in a house with about 10 flats but the landlord is from Limerick on the other side of Ireland so communicating any issues and getting them sorted is pretty slow for the least. My upstairs neighbors waste water (bits of food, grey water from the washing machine) was coming down into my courtyard for weeks before I cracked up and asked my neighbor if he could fix it for me. There are not many standards here really. It's improving but it is still slow. I think your landlord should invest in Irish property and teach our landlords to quickly restore bad situations. Happy tenants and reactive landlords= a match for years.
What do you think your landlord would do if your landlord realizes that your fridge/freezer consistently needed repairing because you were dumb enough to try to thaw the fridge/freezer by keeping it switched on whilst trying to thaw it?
Besides, too many landlords, worldwide, are useless.
Could it work on my fridge? It has like 1/2 inch thick.
Tallon Na yes but you will need to leave it in for longer and keep chipping at it....and you might have to reboil the water (or have a second pot) if its that thick :)
LishaJoya yeah. It took me like 45 minutes to defrost our ref. It's a lot faster than our housemaid's procedure. This video helped me. 😆😊
Tallon Na I am very happy for you :) ... I KNEW u could do it!
Always switch off the fridge/freezer-never leave it on whilst thawing; waste electricity and takes longer and also shortens the life of fridge/freezer unnecessarily.
I use empty plastic ice cream containers, special water-absorbing cloth, knife or pointed metal tool (used carefully not to insert holes into the side of fridge/freezer), place hot water into plastic containers (cover the bottom of the fridge with plastic containers and cover the shelves of freezer with plastic containers to reduce the amount of water that have to be mopped up) and change the water when it becomes warm, the quickest method is to also use a steamer.
Always switch Fridge/Freezer OFF only an idiot would leave Fridge/Freezer on!
Seems like leaving it on would be hard on the motor. Why not turn it off since it doesn't take very long to get the ice to melt..
Kevin Riggs that reason is that iwas too lazy and wanted to show that you dont need to shut off the frig to defrost it :)
This method isn't going to be that easy with a thicker layer of ice.
nothing like working the motor even harder
i cant get the shelves olut.. this wont work
😊😊👏👏👍👍
In 15 min a Blow dryer will melt the whole freezer including behind the panel
Roger Greenwald i found that boiling water is easier...becuase I am lazy..LOL
@@LishaJoya but I have a free frost Fridge freezer so why don't you buy free frost 2. They are really good also never needs defrosting so why don't you consider a upgrade to free frost.
There's hardly any ice there in ours there's loads
imanishay it will work in yours- you will have to leave itin a little bit longer
Easiest way is to just shut off the breaker to the unit.
I think this is more for people who want to keep their refrigerator half running, or other items nearby could be necessary. Was useful for me with my stand alone freezer considering it's the main breaker which has the tv that's keeping my kid occupied while I defrost my freezer. But then again my freezer has an off switch that's very handy. I just wanted to find a way to get it done quicker and the pot method helped!
Leaving the freezer on when trying to defrost it doesn't make any sense.
The freezer must take longer to defrost because the freezer will be trying to keep the freezer at the correct coldness temperature because the hot water will be telling the freezer that it is far too hot - catch 22 feedback situation - wasting electricity and money unnecessarily also.
Trying to thaw a badly iced freezer using your method won't work properly, it's flawed - your shoulder pain would get worst and not better.
Your tutorial should be how to defrost a freezer without switching it off, whilst shortening the life of the components, waste money necessarily and besides taking longer to defrost it.
This is because whilst the hot water that will have to be replaced every few minutes because it becomes cold the freezer will be trying to cool down the freezer being heated by the hot water - catch 22 situation, flawed, it's stupid.
It is stupid because I just want to thaw my fridge/freezer as quickly as possible and your method lengthens the time besides wasting money for nothing.
Why didn't you place cold water instead of hot water in the pan because by leaving the freezer switched on it is making the freezer colder which will take the freezer longer to thaw.
Therefore, people who think this is an excellent idea is obviously also stupid.
I think you claim that it takes too much time to switch off the freezer when by leaving it on it will waste more time for the freezer to thaw, commonsense.
A bit mean
there is no inconvenience in unplugging a ref.
for my shoulder it is- ihave 2 ripped shoulder cuffs....
Hot boiling water? Really?
***** yes it helpss
So just to clarify, the boiling water must be hot?
***** yes but use a pot rag underneath the pan u use for the boiling water...the hotter the better- and faster for your defrost
LishaJoya Ok thanks! But what if I only have cool boiling water?
***** there is no such thing as COOL boiling water...SMILES (u made me laugh) but boil your water like normal (as ifu were making pasta) and place it in there withthe pot rag underneath......it helps....SMILES
why would you not want to not turn off the fridge ?? sorry to say, but this vid is such girly logic , makes no sense at all
+Maria Macdonald I agree with you that it might sound like it's girly Logic for me to not unplug the refrigerator however during that time. I was having a really bad shoulder injury and unplugging it was just too painful for my shoulder but it is also wise to unplug the refrigerator before defrosting it but this is also good way to defrost it as as well without having to unplug the refrigerator first it's also prevents from the freon from being ruined in the back of your refrigerator
Just turn the freezer off - see my video - much simpler.