Do you know anyone who does this?

[bethann]

If you read this listing their saying that the owner has defrosted this one or twice a week. I'm a little OCD and I don't even do that! How could you keep anything cold ?
If true, makes me feel like a lazy ass!

http://cgi.ebay.com/VTG-RARE-WORKIN...3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66:2|65:1|39:1|240:1318

 

[58limited]

I'm lucky if I remember to defrost mine more than once a year!

 

[turquoisedude]

I don't know - the 1955 GE that I swiped out of my parent's basement to use as my first fridge needed to be defrosted once a week in the summer! I lived in house with a perpetually damp basement and that made the house horribly humid all summer; combine that with less-than-perfect door seals and well, you just need to defrost more!
The 59 Kelvinator that was in service up until this winter needed defrosting maybe twice a year - OK, I admit that was after I changed the door gaskets...

 

[kenwashesmonday]

A 1-door in a humid climate owned by a family that opens the door all day long, that can frost up quickly.

That's why I like 2-door fridges. You don't frost up the freezer every time you go for a beer or soda.

Ken

 

[petek]

hard to say.. Our small chest freezer we used for 10 years in dry Calgary and it never had any frost inside. Back east here I've had to defrost it twice since late 06 and it could really use another one now so I'd imagine if that fridge has loose seals it just may.

 

[panthera]

Hmm,

Seems excessive, but I notice that I have to defrost my freezer here at least every other month whereas the same model at my parent's house in very dry Fort Collins is going on three years with no significant frost.

 

[gansky1]

I have a small chest freezer in the basement that has been running for about two years now without defrosting - there is hardly any frost on the walls so it will just keep going.

Environment has a lot to do with the frost build up, my freezer is in a cool, relatively dry closet and isn't opened much. A refrigerator in regular use will require more frequent attention. Bad door seals are the best way to prevent energy loss and frost build up. Remember what they used to say in the 70's & 80's - put a crisp dollar bill in the door and if you can pull it out easily; you needed new seals.

 

[goatfarmer]

I gave my brother in law an early 50's International Harvester 'fridge for his garage about 12 years ago. It has NEVER been defrosted since!
Yes, the freezer is a solid block of ice......

 

[xraytech]

I have a 23 cu. ft. Coldspot chest freezer in the cellar that I usually am un 1 or 2 times a day and it only gets minimal frost on it and only needs defrosted maybe every other year, meanwhile the GE fridge with Lazy Susan shelves that used to set right next to the deep freeze needed defrosted bi-monthly and was opened even less than the deep freeze.

Sam