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Old 08-04-2009, 02:18 PM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by sunedog View Post

Not sure about frost on the walls of the freezer or on the evaporator coil. I am afraid I futzed around with the drip pan for probably 15 minutes after shutting down the power. (It had a small amount of water and crap in it and I unbolted it, drained and cleaned it.) By the time I had my head in the freezer, any frost on the walls may have melted. And it took me another 10 minutes or so to remove the icemaker and take the rear panel off.
That's not a defrost problem. When they don't defrost, the entire evaporator is one huge block of ice and it takes about two hours with a hair dryer to melt it down...........or the fridge needs to sit overnight and the floor gets flooded...............
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