Talk:Defrosting (refrigeration)

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Anyone know how to reduce the frost buildup so users don't have to defrost as often?

Make sure you try and keep the door closed. None of this "open and think, close, open again, think, think close" deals =)

Anybody here know how the microwave works to "defrost" a frozen foodstuff? Cutlaborcost (talk) 04:11, 14 January 2008 (UTC)cutlaborcost

Um, it makes it warmer than 0 degrees? I'm pretty sure it's just a cooler temperature setting so it warms the food through rather than just cooking the outside and leaving the middle frozen. On a more Wikipedian note - should this article not cover (or link to an article that does) the defrosting of food, as well as appliances? Johnny E (talk) 01:50, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

"The resulting ice inhibits heat transfer out of the cabinet increasing running costs." I would like to see a better explanation for this. Wouldn't that same layer inhibit heat transfer into the cabinet? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.148.224.39 (talk) 23:32, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Defrosting period
There is contradictory information on the article regarding the defrosting time.

On one hand it is generally recommended that you should defrost every year, but on the other hand it should be every 6 months. --213.13.120.131 (talk) 11:13, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Surely it depends on the particular type of fridge-freezer that one has in one's home? ACEOREVIVED (talk) 14:01, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Why I changed the external links
When I clicked on the external link that was here, (the "Energy Star efficiency" one), I just got "This website is not available". I have therefore deleted it and added a couple of different external links, both of which had a high Google search. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 10:53, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
 * External links have been removed since (per WP:ELNO). 82.41.197.51 (talk) 11:37, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

Expanded as overview
The existing article seemed to think it was covering the procedure of defrosting your refrigeration systems only, which is a rather small, unlovable topic, and lead to this article remaining a small, unlovable stub.

But the page title is "defrosting" and it's actually useful to have a general clearing house on all topics pertaining to frost management, so I reshaped the article in this direction.

If some editor out there has a case of monumental amour for defrosting in the refrigeration space per se, a copious and compelling treatment can be spun out as defrosting (refrigeration). &mdash; MaxEnt 21:32, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, a quick search shows that most if not all items you added are covered alsewhere already, and at this point I would suggest to turn this article into a disambig page:

Defrosting or defroster may refer to:


 * Defrosting (refrigeration)
 * Frozen food
 * De-icing
 * Defogger

What do you think? Staszek Lem (talk) 01:18, 9 October 2020 (UTC)