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How are you supposed to defrost a microfridge?

samoth

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How are you supposed to defrost that little freezer space in a microfridge? The dorms here are gay and don't give us cool auto-defrosting 5.5 cubic foot fridge/freezer combos like my last university.

Do I have to take everything out of the fridge and freezer for hours just so the stupid cheap ass tiny freezer can defrost all over my floor? And ruin/thaw all my other food in the fridge?

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Also, if anyone knows where to get nice ~5ish cubic foot microfridges with seperate, auto-defrosting freezers, post up and I'll hit you EOD for the next two months. I can't figure out where Sloshkosh gets them from.



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perfectworld said:
With a Micro Hair Dryer.


Good idea, but I don't own a hair dryer.

I would ask others on my floor, but I doubt many male grad students own hair dryers.

I would also probably come across as even more retard that I am already percieved were I to go door-to-door and do that.



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samoth said:
Good idea, but I don't own a hair dryer.

I would ask others on my floor, but I doubt many male grad students own hair dryers.

I would also probably come across as even more retard that I am already percieved were I to go door-to-door and do that.



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Then You Should Definitely Do it.

Do You Own A Cape and Mask?
 
hardrock said:
Set that bitch outside for a few hours or at least in the tub.


I would probably end up trying to be smart by rigging up some sort of pully mechanism with which to lower my fridge from the 12th floor to the ground level and end up destroying both my fridge and someone's car in the process. I do know that I sure as hell don't want to lug the damn thing down 25 flights of stairs. (I hate using elevators and deem anyone using them a fat, lazy slob)

Also, we don't have tubs. Nor do I think people wanting to take showers would take very kindly to seeing a refridgerator in the shower stall. There's not much room in those things, you know.



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samoth said:
I would probably end up trying to be smart by rigging up some sort of pully mechanism with which to lower my fridge from the 12th floor to the ground level and end up destroying both my fridge and someone's car in the process. I do know that I sure as hell don't want to lug the damn thing down 25 flights of stairs. (I hate using elevators and deem anyone using them a fat, lazy slob)



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So you ALWAYS take the stairs? Do you ever leave? I'd die up in that bitch if the elevator broke.
 
hardrock said:
So you ALWAYS take the stairs? Do you ever leave? I'd die up in that bitch if the elevator broke.


Honesly, no. I usually do take the elevator. 12 stories (25 flights) is more work than it seems. I do, however, utterly refuse to take steps one at a time, so my legs get damn sore around the 8th floor or so.



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just unplug it and leave it open. There should be a tray underneath the freezer part which will catch the melting ice, and then you can empty out the tray in the sink or something.

Engineers are better than physicists at this stuff.

A female physicist commented that engineers seemed to have more common sense than physicists, and then she commented how there was a larger percentage of females studying physics than engineering. I put 2 and 2 together (like the engineer I am) and happily pointed out it was because of the gender difference.
 
UA_Iron said:
just unplug it and leave it open. There should be a tray underneath the freezer part which will catch the melting ice, and then you can empty out the tray in the sink or something.


So the only way for me to do this is to ruin all the food I have in there?

They never told me that I need a backup fridge.



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samoth said:
So the only way for me to do this is to ruin all the food I have in there?

They never told me that I need a backup fridge.



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you better eat it all then man, bulking time!

or use satanic powers, that'd be cooler.
 
samoth said:
Also, if anyone knows where to get nice ~5ish cubic foot microfridges with seperate, auto-defrosting freezers, post up and I'll hit you EOD for the next two years. I can't figure out where Sloshkosh gets them from.



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I have one in my room. They suck. Best bet is to use your buddy's fridge for your perishables, and turn off your fridge. They should have a tray to catch the water.
 
Rex said:
I have one in my room. They suck. Best bet is to use your buddy's fridge for your perishables, and turn off your fridge. They should have a tray to catch the water.


Most of the guys here don't even have a fridge.


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Ish said:
Use a hammer and an ice pick to break all that out.


Actually, that was my original idea. But apparently, with the way the microfridges with the in-house freezer work with the cooling coils running horizontally throughout the boundary of the freezer compartment, it isn't recommended because chipping the ice could cause damage to the coils.

I wonder if I could make some sort of controlled exothermic chemical reaction in the compartment that would melt the ice really quick. I just don't know how I would contain the reactants, since using liquid is almost unavoidable.



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Pour some "...liquid hot MAG-ma" on it.

Samoth if you have to ask this question then youve lost the title of evil Genius
Cause your not quite evil enough. Your semi-evil, your quasi-evil, your the margarine of evil, your the diet coke of evil, just one calorie, not "evil" enough


My second thought involves a heat generating device called a ""L-A-S-E-R"" developed by the Scientist engineer Alan Parsons. We call it the Alan Parsons Project.
 
samoth said:
How are you supposed to defrost that little freezer space in a microfridge? The dorms here are gay and don't give us cool auto-defrosting 5.5 cubic foot fridge/freezer combos ...........

AWWWWW...... they don't GIVE you a frost free fridge..... boo hoo
 
How much food do you have? I have a large fridge with practically nothing in it. My kitchen is big but I hardly ever use it for anything, save when a guest cooks. You can keep your food in my fridge while you defrost your freezer.
 
samoth said:
A cooler? Ummm... no. And the only way I could get ice would be to buy an icetray and make ice in my freezer ;)


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Now youre just reaching for excuses evil one, a bag of ice costs 99cents.
In order for you to speed up the defrosting process you would need some sort of heat source, be it device or hot water, heat transfer of some sort, list sources that you have. I dont know if anyone said this but since you live in a dorm why dont you empty it, lug the lil guy to the shower and turn on the hot water and blast it at the freezer, should only take a few minutes. Then coat the inside of the freezer with ethylene glycol, save excess for vinagraette.
Besides how much room in the freezer do you need for hot pockets and who really uses a freezer in a dorm. Just throw your frozed stuff in the fridge so that it thaws, quicker to cook. Not like you need longterm freezer storage for some frozen chicken breasts. :p
 
GoldenDelicious said:
take it to the kitchen on your floor,


LOL, we don't have a kitchen... just a microwave in a room with a table and some chairs.

We do have a little 'pit' though. This might be the best idea...


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Hengst said:
AWWWWW...... they don't GIVE you a frost free fridge..... boo hoo


DUDE, MAN, I KNOW!

See, this guy understands what I'm sayin'!! My last school had dorms that were so much better 'cuz they gave us a bitchin' fridge.



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grab an ice box, put food in it. Set all your pans to boiling on the stove. Put them in the freezer, 5ish minutes each.
You'll be de-frosted in less than an hour.
 
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