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The Fastest Way to
Defrost a Refrigerator
The best, fastest way I've ever found to defrost a
refrigerator, especially a frost-free one with a failure in its defrost
system, involves my favorite tool, the good old wet-vac (of course!)
I use a one gallon pressure sprayer about half-filled
with nearly boiling water, and mist the hot water onto the frosted coil
while running the wet-vac to collect the water/melted frost at the bottom
of the coil.
I used to spend way too much time using various hot air
methods for this job, but these days, I can usually be 'in and out' of the
job site in under an hour. Try it - it works great!
One word of caution: if you do this on a full time
basis, I recommend you replace the pressure sprayer every year or two.
Call me paranoid, but using hot water under pressure in these plastic
bottles can't be good for them, and if one of them should burst and spray
you with hot water, it could ruin your day! Oh, and it's probably best not
to use the same sprayer for garden pesticides... (you have read my disclaimer,
right? <grin>)
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