Adventures In Defrosting
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And Its Mission
Which it seems to have accepted . . .
I took the first interior shot with all the ancient food items in there but wouldn't you know, the batteries failed and it didn't save that one.[this post was last edited: 6/2/2010-17:17]
Which it seems to have accepted . . .
I took the first interior shot with all the ancient food items in there but wouldn't you know, the batteries failed and it didn't save that one.[this post was last edited: 6/2/2010-17:17]
A Closer Look
Even the Red-E-Defrost can't make short work of this, but at least I can close the door and walk away. That leftover marinara sauce is stuck in place until the glacier starts to recede. I wonder how old it is. It's interesting that only the top two shelves get frost built up. Usually when some sections of the evaporator don't frost over, it means the coolant needs a re-charge. This machine has been on the same setting for all its life and doesn't operate any differently today than it did on day one.
Even the Red-E-Defrost can't make short work of this, but at least I can close the door and walk away. That leftover marinara sauce is stuck in place until the glacier starts to recede. I wonder how old it is. It's interesting that only the top two shelves get frost built up. Usually when some sections of the evaporator don't frost over, it means the coolant needs a re-charge. This machine has been on the same setting for all its life and doesn't operate any differently today than it did on day one.
Styron 475
Yes indeed, The Jetsons would premiere about a year after this baby rolled off the line.
Apparently doing not much of anything also works to preserve the natural (really?) beauty and luster of Styron 475. I would love to know how the marketers at Dow arrived at the digits 475.
Yes indeed, The Jetsons would premiere about a year after this baby rolled off the line.
Apparently doing not much of anything also works to preserve the natural (really?) beauty and luster of Styron 475. I would love to know how the marketers at Dow arrived at the digits 475.
maytagbear
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Thanks for sharing, Ralph!
Been a while since I have seen a separate freezer.
Nice photoset, as well.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
Been a while since I have seen a separate freezer.
Nice photoset, as well.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
While We're Waiting, Let's Cruise the Basement
Here's a shot of the Roto-Broil Custom 400 where it lives when not in use. Beastly, isn't it? If you look closely you can see the paperback "Mr. & Mrs. Roto-Broil" owners guide and cookbook.
As you can see at the bottom of the glass, there's nothing this thing can't do ;-)
Here's a shot of the Roto-Broil Custom 400 where it lives when not in use. Beastly, isn't it? If you look closely you can see the paperback "Mr. & Mrs. Roto-Broil" owners guide and cookbook.
As you can see at the bottom of the glass, there's nothing this thing can't do ;-)
polkanut
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I defrosted the freezer in our basement fridge about 2 weeks ago, and just let it sit unplugged for about 1 1/2hrs. The ice came off in 3 huge chunks. Thank goodness we only need to do it once a year.
redcarpetdrew
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Yeah, the Red-E-Defrost will make short work of the GE Combo
Or just screw a 150 watt bulb into the freezer light socket and open the door for a little while... LOL!
RCD
Or just screw a 150 watt bulb into the freezer light socket and open the door for a little while... LOL!
RCD
MW Tru-Cold
Ralph, do you happen to know who made this freezer for them? I'm wondering if it's Norge, Westinghouse or some other mfr.
P.S. I like your WE 302!
Ralph, do you happen to know who made this freezer for them? I'm wondering if it's Norge, Westinghouse or some other mfr.
P.S. I like your WE 302!
Tom, I don't know who the maker is. Maybe some other fridge experts out there will chime in.
That 302 is kind of my beater one so that's why I have it in the basement. It kind of goes with the old desk down there and just lends an unchanged-for-decades look to the scene. The older nicer, cleaner metal case ones are in a box, out of rotation for now.
Here's a shot of my lineman's butt set that's been sitting on that same desk for a while.
That 302 is kind of my beater one so that's why I have it in the basement. It kind of goes with the old desk down there and just lends an unchanged-for-decades look to the scene. The older nicer, cleaner metal case ones are in a box, out of rotation for now.
Here's a shot of my lineman's butt set that's been sitting on that same desk for a while.
Back Up and Running
And looks like she could go for another 50 years. Clear shelves and plenty of spare room. When this was taken there were still some items stashed in the two fridges' freezers that had to go back in here. Bottom two door shelf retainers are compromised so generally don't use them.
One job I can cross off my list![this post was last edited: 6/2/2010-22:05]
And looks like she could go for another 50 years. Clear shelves and plenty of spare room. When this was taken there were still some items stashed in the two fridges' freezers that had to go back in here. Bottom two door shelf retainers are compromised so generally don't use them.
One job I can cross off my list![this post was last edited: 6/2/2010-22:05]
Electric Frypan
When I defrost I put the electric frying pan in the center of the freezer and fill it with water. Then I set it for simmer and steam the frost away. As a little kid we had a Philco refrigerator. It quit and my folks bout a TruTemp from Wards with a little freezer at the top. It works for years.
When I defrost I put the electric frying pan in the center of the freezer and fill it with water. Then I set it for simmer and steam the frost away. As a little kid we had a Philco refrigerator. It quit and my folks bout a TruTemp from Wards with a little freezer at the top. It works for years.
Relax Dan
It's just a partial basement and there's no sewer service. If there was, you know I'd have a vintage laundry scene down there.
It's handy for storing wine.
Looks like it's time to hit the next five cent sale at BevMo.
It's just a partial basement and there's no sewer service. If there was, you know I'd have a vintage laundry scene down there.
It's handy for storing wine.
Looks like it's time to hit the next five cent sale at BevMo.
toggleswitch
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My brand new freezer also frosted-up on the top two shelves only.
Quote: It's just a partial basement and there's no sewer service.
In my basment the sewer line was 1.5 yards/meters above the floor. I simply put in a slop/utility/laudry-tub sink and had the water pumped up to the sewer line via a self-contained pump with an included small water-holding tank. Both come together and are made/available for this purpose. Never had an issue with lint or clogging as a laundry-room pupmp.
A second pump of this type did not like working for a (basement) kitchen sink in that the DW and the washing of dishes by hand left a great deal of grease and fat/scum which affected the pumps switching (on/off) mechanism. The fat would also stink as it lingered. [this post was last edited: 6/3/2010-11:31]
http://www.irawoods.com/Hydromatic-...al-Sump-Pump-Hide-Away-Basin-System-Assembled
Quote: It's just a partial basement and there's no sewer service.
In my basment the sewer line was 1.5 yards/meters above the floor. I simply put in a slop/utility/laudry-tub sink and had the water pumped up to the sewer line via a self-contained pump with an included small water-holding tank. Both come together and are made/available for this purpose. Never had an issue with lint or clogging as a laundry-room pupmp.
A second pump of this type did not like working for a (basement) kitchen sink in that the DW and the washing of dishes by hand left a great deal of grease and fat/scum which affected the pumps switching (on/off) mechanism. The fat would also stink as it lingered. [this post was last edited: 6/3/2010-11:31]
http://www.irawoods.com/Hydromatic-...al-Sump-Pump-Hide-Away-Basin-System-Assembled
Steve, I have thought about a pump. In the case of my basement, the sewer pipes are overhead so it would have to pump several vertical feet. I'd like to be able to get at least a washer down there--a nice old TL, but I don't know if it would be that easy.
You see, the freezer is kind of like a cat. It's goes with the house. It went in the basement before a remodel reconfigured the basement access, and it won't come out as easily (yeah right) as it went in--if at all. Otherwise I would have sold it at the estate sale. It might be a job to get a washer down there with the current access. It requires a hard 90 degree turn in a very tight spot at the top of the stairs. I'll probably have to wait until we blow up the kitchen and incorporate part of the pantry area on the way to the basement steps.
Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention that I really like that electric skillet idea!
You see, the freezer is kind of like a cat. It's goes with the house. It went in the basement before a remodel reconfigured the basement access, and it won't come out as easily (yeah right) as it went in--if at all. Otherwise I would have sold it at the estate sale. It might be a job to get a washer down there with the current access. It requires a hard 90 degree turn in a very tight spot at the top of the stairs. I'll probably have to wait until we blow up the kitchen and incorporate part of the pantry area on the way to the basement steps.
Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention that I really like that electric skillet idea!
iheartmaytag
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Top shelves frosting first
Warm air rises, cold air drops. The warm moist air is pulled in gives up it's heat and moisture and drops to the bottom. There isn't anything wrong with your freezer just physical science.
My basement didn't have sewer either. The house was built in 1935 and the basement was originally a cellar. The cellar was dug out in the '70's and finished off as additional living space. The sewer is four feet below ground or about four to five feet off the basement floor, making the bathroom difficult. The washer, I understand was always there because they built a six inch concrete pedistal for the washer and dryer to sit upon. This made the washer high enough to reach the sewer pipe. When the basement was finished they installed a bathroom and a ejector pump to handle pumping the waste to the sewer, at that time they plumbed the washer drain into the pump basin.
Warm air rises, cold air drops. The warm moist air is pulled in gives up it's heat and moisture and drops to the bottom. There isn't anything wrong with your freezer just physical science.
My basement didn't have sewer either. The house was built in 1935 and the basement was originally a cellar. The cellar was dug out in the '70's and finished off as additional living space. The sewer is four feet below ground or about four to five feet off the basement floor, making the bathroom difficult. The washer, I understand was always there because they built a six inch concrete pedistal for the washer and dryer to sit upon. This made the washer high enough to reach the sewer pipe. When the basement was finished they installed a bathroom and a ejector pump to handle pumping the waste to the sewer, at that time they plumbed the washer drain into the pump basin.
FROST PADERENS IN FREZZERS
The frost forms first on the top shelves because warm air rises. But the frost will slowly migrate to the coldest shelves in a freezer thats not opened much. You can see on this wards model the frost is mostly on the 2nd and 3rd coils not the very top as you might expect because that coil is the last one in the evaporator circuit. A freezer that was used heavily [ opened many times a day] would have frost on all the shelves more near the top however. The wards freezer pictured was made by Franklin which was owned by the Studabaker car co @ one time.
The frost forms first on the top shelves because warm air rises. But the frost will slowly migrate to the coldest shelves in a freezer thats not opened much. You can see on this wards model the frost is mostly on the 2nd and 3rd coils not the very top as you might expect because that coil is the last one in the evaporator circuit. A freezer that was used heavily [ opened many times a day] would have frost on all the shelves more near the top however. The wards freezer pictured was made by Franklin which was owned by the Studabaker car co @ one time.
Thanks guys. I'm really bad at refrigeration theory but the warm air rising thing is something I can understand.
Within the first half hour of the freezer running after being defrosted, the coil on the ceiling was the only one that had developed frost, and that coil had no ice on it at all prior to defrosting. I presume this situation is due to the Red-E-Defrost generating heat that rose and warmed up the ceiling. Once the defrosting was over, those two previously frozen-over coil shelves were cooler than the ceiling coil, I'm guessing.
I was told long ago that on an old school evaporator in a single-door refrigerator, when a pot of boiling hot water was placed on the evaporator, it would "recharge" the compressor. I know this practice has some type of effect, because it always generates the sound of circulating refrigerant, but I don't know if "recharging" is the right term. Whatever effect it had, it never seemed to be a lasting one. I've also been told that with an old school evaporator freezer compartment, using hot water in the ice trays would result in ice cubes faster than if cold water was used, when the trays are metal and placed on the evaporator surface. So maybe the hot water gives things a charge, but not necessarily a re-charge?
Within the first half hour of the freezer running after being defrosted, the coil on the ceiling was the only one that had developed frost, and that coil had no ice on it at all prior to defrosting. I presume this situation is due to the Red-E-Defrost generating heat that rose and warmed up the ceiling. Once the defrosting was over, those two previously frozen-over coil shelves were cooler than the ceiling coil, I'm guessing.
I was told long ago that on an old school evaporator in a single-door refrigerator, when a pot of boiling hot water was placed on the evaporator, it would "recharge" the compressor. I know this practice has some type of effect, because it always generates the sound of circulating refrigerant, but I don't know if "recharging" is the right term. Whatever effect it had, it never seemed to be a lasting one. I've also been told that with an old school evaporator freezer compartment, using hot water in the ice trays would result in ice cubes faster than if cold water was used, when the trays are metal and placed on the evaporator surface. So maybe the hot water gives things a charge, but not necessarily a re-charge?
