Search results for query: frost-free freezer

  1. JohnD

    Hotpoint FFU3DK stopped working

    If its a frost-free freezer, there are airducts hidden inside the casing that can get choked with ice, so you have to defrost until all dripping stops and it dries out. Two days should be enough if the doors were open but might not be if closed. Have a look at the drip dish round the back, as...
  2. S

    Drain on Electric Power Supply

    Complete and utter rubbish - except perhaps the freezer. As has been pointed out, these clip on monitors do not, and cannot, measure energy or power. There are some more sophisticated ones which can, but they are easy to spot as they ALWAYS have a plug in element to measure voltage and to get a...
  3. ericmark

    Smart meters?

    I found the same with the plug in energy meter, I stuck it on all sorts to start with, but then it got shoved in a cupboard. You must have very little running to see that, I had a display given free by Scottish power, it was logarithmic so when not using much power you could see the fridge or...
  4. ericmark

    Freezer in Log Cabin / Shed

    You can't have any frost free freezer or fridge with ambient below around 12°C. But in the main chest freezers don't have any auto defrost so will work OK. The other point in an out building is the volt drop, at start-up many freezers need around 10A and if the volt drop is too great they will...
  5. C

    what fridge freezer buying

    check your door seal; the moisture for the ice can only come from the air, and freezers tend to breathe as a result of being opened, warm air admitted that then cools and contracts, sucking more air in. Minimising this by making sure the seal is in good condition and leaving it open for the...
  6. O

    what fridge freezer buying

    I can defrost my freezer in 20 mins as long as I do it frequently enough the ice doesn't buildup. The fridge part is frost free though.
  7. B

    what fridge freezer buying

    dont personally like frost free you have a wasted void it goes warm when defrosting the void by warm i mean from the recommended -18 to nearer -2 or 3degrees to allow the void to de-ice you often have to defrost them taking up to 24hrs if the void is fully iced up rather than around 2hrs in a...
  8. G

    what fridge freezer buying

    Looking for a integrated 50/50 fridge freezer that's frost free and a big freezer that can hold a pizza box.and around 90 l.and led Don't want to spend a fortune
  9. ericmark

    Need a very small heater with thermostat control

    The STC-1000 has been the main device used for this, however there are two new devices the Inkbird which is ready built and forget the name of the other like the STC-1000 but with touch controls and allows different gap between on/off for heating and cooling. I have found in my attached garage...
  10. JohnD

    Water dripping from freezer compartment in fridge

    is it a frost-free freezer?
  11. S

    acoustic dampening for a builtin tall freezer housing

    hi I have a newly professionally fitted kitchen, one unit is a tall builtin freezer unit. we originally put an AEG freezer in it, but it was incredibly noisy, we were convinced it was dodgy, so it has just been swapped for a Liebherr, and the noise is still there. The noise is NOT the usual...
  12. ericmark

    Running Electricity to 2 sheds

    Yes forgot that, for a unit to maintain 4°C with no heating then clearly the ambient must be above 4°C and for a defrost system to allow the liquid to be removed the tubes must not freeze, so most fridge/freezers, and frost free freezers need around 12°C minimum ambient temperature. In the main...
  13. ericmark

    Question re RCD

    You say garage so I assume not a frost free freezer? I say that as the minimum ambient temperature for frost free freezers is normally around 12°C so they need to be in a heated room during winter. The frost free freezer has a heater and these have been known to cause RCD's to trip, easy test...
  14. ericmark

    Nuisance tripping has stumped our sparky...

    As said some faults are hard to find, there are some appliances which are known for problems with fault finding, the frost free freezer being one, they have a defrost heater which is often a mineral insulated cable type so can absorb water, but it only comes on a couple of times a day, so a...
  15. ericmark

    New socket for fridge freezer

    My fridge/freezer has a very short lead there is really no option but to have it behind the unit, in my house I have side access and can switch it off without moving freezer in my mother house the socket is supplied from a switched FCU at an accessible position. She has a fridge/freezer with...
  16. ericmark

    Apple Juice/Cider

    Had I still been working I would have considered some form of press. But I now lack the access to welding sets and the like to build a press, as you say a simple hydraulic jack is easy way to do the pressing, I have built a press but this was for concrete not apples, we actually sucked out the...
  17. ericmark

    Beer kit brewing and temperature control.

    Well it is summer, well should be temperature outside at the moment 10.8ºC not much better in garage at 14.5ºC, but early June did have a warm spell and I have tried two brews using refrigeration and the results were not as expected. 1) It seems my fridge/freezer cools the freezer first so only...
  18. ericmark

    Heating and cooling error why?

    When one sets something up one tries to work out what is likely to happen. I bought two controllers as STC-1000 with double relay and a MH1210A with single relay, both rather simple devices they have a differential which can be set minimum for STC-1000 is 0.3°C and can be used for heating and...
  19. ericmark

    My 27Kw Real Time Energy Usage...

    It seems not blue top full fat, the red top yes you can freeze. It is down to fat content the fat will not freeze at -18°C. Bread yes it will freeze but it is rather bulky and to use up freezer space to freeze bread is not very good use of it. Vesta ready meals don't need the freezer, and the...
  20. ericmark

    My 27Kw Real Time Energy Usage...

    I am sure waiting until there is enough washing to fill the washing machine, or enough dishes to fill the dish washer will be a more efficient use of both labour and power. However that means more cloths, and more dishes which in turn means a bigger house to hold them. I am sure there is an...
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