I always use a shallow bowl of hot water and a completely drenched hot wash cloth spread out inside the closed freezer for ten minutes or so. Use an old credit card to satisfyingly scrape away the ice. This process takes me less than 30 min every time.
That's incredibly dangerous. Electricity and water can be a lethal mix. Just leaving the doors open in a warm room for long enough it wil defrost naturally or use a bowl of warm water in the bottom as he suggests in the video to speed it up a bit.
Mine has a defrost button. I just press that to invoke the process and let it do its thing. It can be many hours,even overnight until it's finished,but that doesn't bother me at all. I just go off and do something else and.or relax. I didn't think of the bowl of hot water idea,so simple and obvious in hindsight - thanks Hotpoint people!
I don't pry at the ice right away, but let it start melting on its own for about an hour or so. Then it comes right off the pipes. I think the pipes and metal radiators might be carrying heat from outside with the unit off. There is sound of bubbling and hissing. I removed a kitchen sink full of solid ice that was easier than collecting water.
The only time I've hacked some of the ice away is when I've come home with too many items that need to go in the freezer,and need to make some more space quickly by removing some accumulated ice. A breadknife is my weapon of choice for this.
@@swampy1234 Basic thermodynamics. If you keep the door closed, the heat will stay in the freezer where the ice is. When you apply heat to ice, there is an energy transfer to the ice which causes a state change (called melting) to water. If, on the other hand you leave the door open, the heat energy will escape and the ice will take longer to melt. I hope that makes it clear. As an extension exercise, see if you can explain why food takes longer to cook in an oven where the door is left open than in one where the door is kept closed.
Forgot to ask . I like to keep my Fridge really cold . Is it possible that you can have it TOO cold , causing any water around the Drain Hole to Freeze and Block the Drain
my freezer is inside my fridge (its a mini fridge bc i live in a disability home) wouldnt all the ice just melt into the fridge? how do i work around that?
what did he even say he was so cute I lost concentration, water , ice, buy a new fridge? huh? LOL I'm going to try the hot water in the bowl and hot towel, thanks!
Invest in a frost free freezer, oh wait I have. A Hotpoint FF200E which still builds up with Ice. Once that builds up too much it also stops the fridge from cooling.
My fridge is also a hotpoint and been watching a few videos all saying the same thing. Here I am trying to use a freezer de-icer spray and hacking away at the thick ice. The previous owner clearly didn't look after this freezer. I will try this method next weekend, been trying for 30 mins just now and to no improvement. I think the spray is to maintain afterwards and not for these thick layers.
Hi there, when would be the best time to start the defrost process to ensure it’s ready for the house move? Pick up’s at 8am Tuesday (7am Sunday at the moment). Thank you!
Answered my own question . Yes you can have your Fridge Freezer Too Cold . I discovered that there was at least an inch of solid ice blocking up the drain hole . Hard to believe, because there is quiet a lot of heat from the Compressor . I had to push a solid rod up the drain hole from the bottom , surprising how much water came out .
Mine is quite old and has become overzealous,making things colder than they're meant to be for the setting it's on (has a turnable dial). At least it's better that way than the opposite.
I know this must seem a silly question, but my old slimline 8214 fridge (with a small freezer compartment) is second hand and didn't come with an instruction manual. When I defrost it, should I leave the fridge door open or not? Thanks 👍.
I wish I could speak to someone from Hotpoint. My freezer is so bad I can't even shut the door & its a frost free freezer, been faulty since I made the purchase a repair guy came out & NOTHING was done.
Hi Samantha I'm sorry to hear this, could you either give us a call on 03448 224 224 or visit our twitter @HotpointSupport and send us a direct message and we will get back to you. Kind regards Hotpoint Service
Good afternoon hotpoint customer service, this video was fabulous, I followed the instructions intuitively step by step, and my fridge freezer, is now working well, although, I did wonder why there was a build up of ice 🧊 🧊 happening so often, as I have a frost free fridge, and after an engineer came to my home 🏡 🏡 on Friday 30th July 2021, I found out that my thermostat, needed to be replaced, and now, so far (touch wood) my fridge freezer is working well, and I hope to be able to buy a little more goodies and treats as my birthday is coming up, as well as I will be hosting a little family get together, so the fridge freezer got fixed just in time for this event, and I am so happy. Lastly, thank you for your video, I always come to this video when I need to defrost my fridge freezer, as it is very straight forward to follow.
Hi Miss Boyce Really good to hear this advice was helpful and that you got your appliance sorted...Make sure you buy plenty of goodies!! Hotpoint Service
@@HotpointCustomerServiceUK Hello Hotpoint customer services, Now, I will definitely be sure to get goodies in, in fact, I got some plant based treats in my home yesterday August 28th 2021, so it really feels good to be able to use my freezer for things I may not need immediately, and I can store them for much longer.
Good vid I got a question. A lot of women use a fan In this process but it doesn’t make sense. How will the cold fan air make the fridge defrost faster?
Does throwing the ice and water (not the water I used for cleaning afterwards) out into the garden count as the good deed for the day to combat global warming? I like tossing the lumps of ice up so that they break up and scatter on impact with the ground and make it look like it's been snowing in the middle of summer.
I have an old Hotpoint Fridge Freezer and the drain hole is blocked I have cleaned it out before, I managed to pass a probe all the way through until it appeared out of the hole at the bottom . I also pushed it up from the bottom until it came out of the drain hole inside of the fridge . There are 2 circles down there . One has blue foam and a metal clip . The other is a simple white Grommet that, as far as I can remember is the Drain that drips into the drain tray . Is this correct ? I do get a tiny bit of water on the end of my finger if I insert it into this hole . However this time I simply cannot get anything Up or Down the drain whole from either end . Can anyone help !
I suggest another method. I blow air into the open refrigerator with a fan. This is also a quick and drier method. Más módszert javaslok. Én ventillátorral fújok levegőt a nyitott hűtőszekrénybe. Ez is gyors és szárazabb módszer. A megolvadt jégból keletkező víz egy része el is párolog de időnként nem árt eltávolítani a meglazult jégdarabokat illetve kitörölni az olvadékvizet. Az eredmény hogy a hűtő a folyamat végén száraz is. A forróvizezés szerintem körülményesebb.
I can't even close the door fully anymore. It's probably about time for me to stop being lazy...and go and do something about it. lol ==update== WOOT! Freezer door shuts again!
Lol i wish i knew that earlier,i took a knife and a hammer and broke the ice by kicking on that and the gas of my fridge all went out...lol, hummm but when doing that should the door of the fridge be closed or open?
Me too. Takes minutes but of course you must remember to keep the nozzle of the hairdryer outside the freezer to avoid the melting water dripping on to the drier and electrocuting you
Excellent presentation. Straight to tge point with no waffle. Your video solved my problem
Same here…it’s my job on Monday to do this and as you said straight to the point on the video
I always use a shallow bowl of hot water and a completely drenched hot wash cloth spread out inside the closed freezer for ten minutes or so. Use an old credit card to satisfyingly scrape away the ice. This process takes me less than 30 min every time.
Thank you! Great tip.
I use a hairdryer for defrosting mine, works like a charm and super quick
That's incredibly dangerous. Electricity and water can be a lethal mix. Just leaving the doors open in a warm room for long enough it wil defrost naturally or use a bowl of warm water in the bottom as he suggests in the video to speed it up a bit.
I did it as you said and worked perfectly. Thanks a lot
The ice in my freezer is currently at around 8 cm thick, I've already spent 4 hours defrosting it, and I'm just halfway now.
Maybe don't let it get that bad
@@FezCaliph Yeah, that was biggest mistake in the first place.
Rewind time to when you bought it and choose a front free one instead. Sorry, that's no help at all.
Mine has a defrost button. I just press that to invoke the process and let it do its thing. It can be many hours,even overnight until it's finished,but that doesn't bother me at all. I just go off and do something else and.or relax. I didn't think of the bowl of hot water idea,so simple and obvious in hindsight - thanks Hotpoint people!
Great advice, straight to the point, and handsome as ever. Mil gracias!
I don't pry at the ice right away, but let it start melting on its own for about an hour or so. Then it comes right off the pipes. I think the pipes and metal radiators might be carrying heat from outside with the unit off. There is sound of bubbling and hissing. I removed a kitchen sink full of solid ice that was easier than collecting water.
The only time I've hacked some of the ice away is when I've come home with too many items that need to go in the freezer,and need to make some more space quickly by removing some accumulated ice. A breadknife is my weapon of choice for this.
How to defrost the freezer part without switching off the fridge part? Or do you have to just switch off both?
They are both powered by the same system so in order to turn off one you need to turn off both
saved me a day of work. Thank you!
Nevermind a tub of hot water,
put towels down & blast it with a hairdryer.
done in less than 10 minutes
He also forgot to tell you to shut the door to let the water do its stuff.
Also, you need to switch it off otherwise you’ll never defrost it.
@@BalwinderSingh-w9m literally every article and manual says to leave the door open. What do you mean by "let the water do its thing"? 😂😂
@@swampy1234 Basic thermodynamics.
If you keep the door closed, the heat will stay in the freezer where the ice is. When you apply heat to ice, there is an energy transfer to the ice which causes a state change (called melting) to water.
If, on the other hand you leave the door open, the heat energy will escape and the ice will take longer to melt.
I hope that makes it clear.
As an extension exercise, see if you can explain why food takes longer to cook in an oven where the door is left open than in one where the door is kept closed.
This video was very useful, thank you!
Forgot to ask . I like to keep my Fridge really cold . Is it possible that you can have it TOO cold , causing any water around the Drain Hole to Freeze and Block the Drain
my freezer is inside my fridge (its a mini fridge bc i live in a disability home) wouldnt all the ice just melt into the fridge? how do i work around that?
Awesome man , just what I wanted, thankyou 👍
what did he even say he was so cute I lost concentration, water , ice, buy a new fridge? huh? LOL I'm going to try the hot water in the bowl and hot towel, thanks!
Invest in a frost free freezer, oh wait I have. A Hotpoint FF200E which still builds up with Ice. Once that builds up too much it also stops the fridge from cooling.
Because there is NO SUCH THING as a "frost free freezer", "frost" is a function of physics & water content in air.
My fridge is also a hotpoint and been watching a few videos all saying the same thing. Here I am trying to use a freezer de-icer spray and hacking away at the thick ice. The previous owner clearly didn't look after this freezer. I will try this method next weekend, been trying for 30 mins just now and to no improvement. I think the spray is to maintain afterwards and not for these thick layers.
I didn't know that trick at all thank you
Thanks for the tip
Is there any task more tedious than defrosting a fridge freezer?
Weeding your front and back garden 😢
I did figure this out myself I just thought maybe there was an easier way this took me at least 2 1/2 hour
Hi there, when would be the best time to start the defrost process to ensure it’s ready for the house move? Pick up’s at 8am Tuesday (7am Sunday at the moment). Thank you!
He can defrost my freezer any time! (No, really - it needs it.)
Answered my own question . Yes you can have your Fridge Freezer Too Cold . I discovered that there was at least an inch of solid ice blocking up the drain hole . Hard to believe, because there is quiet a lot of heat from the Compressor . I had to push a solid rod up the drain hole from the bottom , surprising how much water came out .
Mine is quite old and has become overzealous,making things colder than they're meant to be for the setting it's on (has a turnable dial). At least it's better that way than the opposite.
So i shouldn’t use a hairdryer
How do you turn the freezer off but not the fridge?
I know this must seem a silly question, but my old slimline 8214 fridge (with a small freezer compartment) is second hand and didn't come with an instruction manual. When I defrost it, should I leave the fridge door open or not? Thanks 👍.
Yes you should !
😊
Aug 2020 - Still works
Can you use a bowl of boiling water so the steam melts it?
Just don't pour it in
I’ve been using a heat gun for years and they work great !
A dew videos I've watched have also suggested pointing a fan at the open freezer to speed up the defrosting process
Dude.. Pointing fan at frizer worked like magic.. I suggest everyone this trick... Thanks 😁😁
Steam cleaner works perfect and in half the time
lol @those baby UK fridges
We're currently filming with an American style FF so stay tuned!!
I wish I could speak to someone from Hotpoint. My freezer is so bad I can't even shut the door & its a frost free freezer, been faulty since I made the purchase a repair guy came out & NOTHING was done.
Hi Samantha
I'm sorry to hear this, could you either give us a call on 03448 224 224 or visit our twitter @HotpointSupport and send us a direct message and we will get back to you.
Kind regards
Hotpoint Service
I have a Hotpoint 'frost-free' freezer. Currently defrosting it! :( An annual job.
Iam feeling jealous seeing this man
I love ice so much
Like crystal meth
Good afternoon hotpoint customer service, this video was fabulous, I followed the instructions intuitively step by step, and my fridge freezer, is now working well, although, I did wonder why there was a build up of ice 🧊 🧊 happening so often, as I have a frost free fridge, and after an engineer came to my home 🏡 🏡 on Friday 30th July 2021, I found out that my thermostat, needed to be replaced, and now, so far (touch wood) my fridge freezer is working well, and I hope to be able to buy a little more goodies and treats as my birthday is coming up, as well as I will be hosting a little family get together, so the fridge freezer got fixed just in time for this event, and I am so happy.
Lastly, thank you for your video, I always come to this video when I need to defrost my fridge freezer, as it is very straight forward to follow.
Hi Miss Boyce
Really good to hear this advice was helpful and that you got your appliance sorted...Make sure you buy plenty of goodies!!
Hotpoint Service
@@HotpointCustomerServiceUK Hello Hotpoint customer services, Now, I will definitely be sure to get goodies in, in fact, I got some plant based treats in my home yesterday August 28th 2021, so it really feels good to be able to use my freezer for things I may not need immediately, and I can store them for much longer.
Um, I'm in the U.S. what does, turn off at the Mains mean???
Turn the switch off, so your fridge is not on.
Lol
Thank you very much for the help ❤❤
Good vid I got a question. A lot of women use a fan In this process but it doesn’t make sense. How will the cold fan air make the fridge defrost faster?
it drags the ambient air from outside the freezer into the freezer, it's not cold air it's ambient air temp, hope this helps.
Sam Mclean you mean room temperature? Makes sense
ExoticFireGirl yes!
Excellent. Thanks.
please what can i do when my freezer is having a hole and is not icing
How about bit of trouble shooting for frost free fridge freezer ?
Do they need it?
Tell my wife and teenagers about closing doors, pushing in drawers etc. To them I'm just a nag (but the one paying the bill).
What's your surname? You sound like my older brother 😆
Tell your wife to get a job. You know women can also work and earn money. Blame is on both of you.
Does throwing the ice and water (not the water I used for cleaning afterwards) out into the garden count as the good deed for the day to combat global warming? I like tossing the lumps of ice up so that they break up and scatter on impact with the ground and make it look like it's been snowing in the middle of summer.
Hi Ralph
This did make us laugh, I think this is definitely helping the environment (if not just fun)
How to get freezer frost in automatic fridge??? I love freezer frost
Thanks alot
I have an old Hotpoint Fridge Freezer and the drain hole is blocked I have cleaned it out before, I managed to pass a probe all the way through until it appeared out of the hole at the bottom . I also pushed it up from the bottom until it came out of the drain hole inside of the fridge . There are 2 circles down there . One has blue foam and a metal clip . The other is a simple white Grommet that, as far as I can remember is the Drain that drips into the drain tray . Is this correct ? I do get a tiny bit of water on the end of my finger if I insert it into this hole . However this time I simply cannot get anything Up or Down the drain whole from either end . Can anyone help !
Thanks!
Really interesting n good video
Mine is open now with a bowl of hot water now empty
I meant a normal room fan, not a hair dryer - maybe it can also be used.
Why would you need to unplug it if you are only putting bowl of hot water in there?
@Sakura :p lmao
Thank you sir
I suggest another method.
I blow air into the open refrigerator with a fan. This is also a quick and drier method.
Más módszert javaslok.
Én ventillátorral fújok levegőt a nyitott hűtőszekrénybe. Ez is gyors és szárazabb módszer.
A megolvadt jégból keletkező víz egy része el is párolog de időnként nem árt eltávolítani a meglazult jégdarabokat illetve kitörölni az olvadékvizet.
Az eredmény hogy a hűtő a folyamat végén száraz is.
A forróvizezés szerintem körülményesebb.
you got an off switch? we just unplug here.
I can't even close the door fully anymore.
It's probably about time for me to stop being lazy...and go and do something about it. lol
==update==
WOOT! Freezer door shuts again!
This comment actually inspires me to try, thank you!!
Lol i wish i knew that earlier,i took a knife and a hammer and broke the ice by kicking on that and the gas of my fridge all went out...lol, hummm but when doing that should the door of the fridge be closed or open?
Anyone experienced excessive vibration noise on Hotpoint frost free integrated freezer HF1801EFAAUK from ice build up on fan?
Ben Affleck working for Hotpoint
Kettle water in the drawers and pop them back in. You're welcome
what if your poor and don't have any money to use for the seal test:(
Then use chewing gum, juicy fruit might work?
where was this video 6 hours aGO
put cooking salt on the ice put a boiling hot water in the freezer it do a lot quicker
It can distort the plastic lining tho
How can I contact this guy? ☺️☺️☺️
How cow dose this work
Are you single? Lol
Have shame
Xdxdxdxdxd lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣😂😂🤣😂😁😆😆😁😅🤣
Where is video for preventing freezer to frost?
Hi Serbian
Thank you for your feedback, I will send this to our production team so we can get some new content on our channel relating to this issue.
There is a plenty video about buying frost free fridges ;)
You just turn it off
You pooop in freezer oh my god 🙏😱😱😱😱
Frost free fridges use a LOT MORE ELECTRICITY, FACT
I just wasted hours doing it the old way
I use a hair drier on mine
Me too. Takes minutes but of course you must remember to keep the nozzle of the hairdryer outside the freezer to avoid the melting water dripping on to the drier and electrocuting you
@@bungabening3530 surely that’s part of the fun no?
@@JamesRosen22 Depends how much fun you get out of being electrocuted. Personally speaking, not much😀
Why I'm I turned on by this guy.
😂
DHUURRRRR Tell us something thats not just common sense !