How is the defrost maintenance? Is there any isssues with the defrost?
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This fridge I have is pretty new, so no problems yet, but as soon as the warranty expire (2 year warranty that you can buy for $9.99 if you want) I guess you can expect all kinds of problems as with any other appliance. For defrost maintenance I use not-abrasive/friendly tips that you can find everywhere online. Hope it helps, cheers.
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It's probably broken. Mine did the same after 18 months, the defrost cycle ceases to work and the unit just ices up. It stopped making headway against the humidity, the water in the bucket is basically the ice melting a little.I threw mine away. It was a nice dehumidifier while it lasted. Too bad it's not built well.
473253
No. It needs to be periodically defrosted. I have had mine for a little over a year and it is about time.
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We have not had problems like that. We are on our second one now and haven't had any problems except our first just quit heating and the water froze. We had our first one 4 years....
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Long term I have not heard of an actual fix that works to make this refrigerator's ice maker reliable. That is why I have joined the class action suit mentioned in earlier posts. Short term this is what I did. I shut off the ice maker, defrosted the ice maker section with a blow dryer (to speed up the defrosting of the ice buildup in the back.) In my case I had ice build up in the back of the unit which caused it to malfunction. I used towels to sop up the water as it melted. This became tedious as it kept recurring. We have hardwood floors and can't baby sit the refrigerator every second so I bit the bullet and bought a new refrigerator (Samsung, which I LOVE). The Frigidaire is a horror show.
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I don't know. I have had our four plugged in since early 2013 and have not had to defrost it yet. There is no build up of ice, just a tiny bit of frost. I hope this helps. Overall it is well worth the money.
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Thank you for your interest in Goedeker's! Unfortunately, Frigidaire doesn't give that information. They only say that it will defrost every 12 hours.
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The one that we installed for a customer and client, as far as I know they have not had any issues at all with theirs! There faucet also is a frost free unit as well!
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I've had no frost build up yet, so I don't know about the defrosting mechanism.
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Hi David, According to the manual: "P1- Unit is defrosting-- Allow the unit time to automatically defrost. The error will clear after the unit self defrosts."
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We have not used the unit as much as we expected to so far.the little we have used the machine it seems to perform well.the only thing that bothers me so far is the longer it runs the warmer the food inside becomes.thats not a huge issue though if your adding ice for a smoothie or something like that. we got the referbished one to make sure we liked it first.I think that was a wise move for us.Hope this helps you out .
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I have had mine a couple years and leave it out in the winter, too. So far, I have not seen any deterioration in how it looks or its performance.
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I've had the unit for about 6 months. It can be exposed to weather, but there are consequences. Mine had what was probably a very small leak out of the factory. After a big freeze, even after draining the unit this turned into a large leak. I patched it and am crossing my fingers. In the future when draining it I'll leave the drain plug off and hope that more cracks don't appear. There are a lot of small spaces in the unit where water will remain even after draining, so any deep freeze might be a problem. And I cover it to protect it from direct sun when not in use.
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Manual defrost, but has been an excellent product. Can be a ref or freezer cools very quickly. It seems to be very durable. We are using it in a storage department under a motorhome.
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The cooling and freezing components have restarted for me. HOWEVER this machine has the absolute WORST ice maker I have had the misfortune to own. I am on a first name basis with the repairman due to several new circuitboards, firmware updates, factory ordered modifications and others. Several times a year! My extended warrenty has expired and the thing gets junked the next time it quits. I'd suggest you buy something else!
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I have had the chute rotation get frozen, and once with very very wet snow it did begin to build up in the chute - easy to clean out, and I suspect in the heavy wet snow where I had an issue, any snow blower would have had snow sticking and building up. It is so light weight and easy to clean out, I did not find it to be an issue. the frozen chute rotator was a bigger issue, and harder to get going again, but that has also only happened once out of the 6 times I have used it. It has to be wet snow, and cold so the wetness freezes, sort of an odd combination. I keep it in a heated garage between uses, which helps a lot. I have had the chute rotation get frozen, and once with very very wet snow it did begin to build up in the chute - easy to clean out, and I suspect in the heavy wet snow where I had an issue, any snow blower would have had snow sticking and building up. It is so light weight and easy to clean out, I did not find it to be an issue. the frozen chute rotator was a bigger issue, and harder to get going again, but that has also only happened once out of the 6 times I have used it. It has to be wet snow, and cold so the wetness freezes, sort of an odd combination. I keep it in a heated garage... » Read More I have had the chute rotation get frozen, and once with very very wet snow it did begin to build up in the chute - easy to clean out, and I suspect in the heavy wet snow where I had an issue, any snow blower would have had snow sticking and building up. It is so light weight and easy to clean out, I did not find it to be an issue. the frozen chute rotator was a bigger issue, and harder to get going again, but that has also only happened once out of the 6 times I have used it. It has to be wet snow, and cold so the wetness freezes, sort of an odd combination. I keep it in a heated garage between uses, which helps a lot. « Show Less
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This model has to be manually defrosted. It does come with a small ice scraper, which if used regularly, keeps the ice build up to a minimum