Your freezer is a necessary appliance and probably one of the most useful. It keeps food fresh and can safely store items for future use. Frost on the walls inside of your freezer reduces its efficiency and increases your energy bill. Many newer freezer models have a self-defrosting feature, but what if you aren’t lucky enough to have this feature?
Let’s take a look at how often you should defrost your freezer, as well as a few methods to help you defrost it quickly.
No matter what type of freezer you own, it’s recommended that you defrost it approximately once a year or when layers of ice become more than a quarter of an inch thick.
Please don’t forget to unplug your freezer before you start defrosting it. No matter what method on this list you use, this is an important safety precaution that one should not overlook.
Also, make sure to remove all food from inside the unit, as well as protect your floor with towels or a large plastic shower liner. You may want to bunch up rags or old bath
towels on the bottom shelf of the freezer to help absorb the moisture. If you are able to move your freezer outside, then you will ultimately have less of a mess to clean up once your freezer has been defrosted.
