Refrigerator help! - Freezer has ice forming...?

Question

I have one of those older refrigerators that has the freezer in the top portion that is only separated by a shelf and a plastic door.

The problem is that there is a lot of ice buildup inside of the freezer and its making it hard to open and close the little plastic door to it. I tried to scrape it off but the ice is too hard.

Is this normal? What can I do to solve this problem? What is causing this? Is it due to the refrigerator being old? I don't want to thaw out the fridge and freezer just for it to happen again.

help

thanks!

Answer 1

from your info sounds like a non-frostfree unit . only way to deal with that is to manually defrost routinely. I used  to pack everything into a cooler and pour warm water over the frost and use a hair dryer to do it as fast as possible. leave unit running , recovers temp faster than shutting off

Answer 2

If your refrigerator/freezer is old it may not be self defrosting like newer ones are. You have to manually defrost these. I've never owned one but I remember my mom defrosting her avocado green one back in the 70's. Here is a link that will give you step by step instructions:http://www.ehow.com/how_2064543_defrost-... My mom always used the second method. The first method is new to me.

Answer 3

pull it away from the wall and take an air hose and blow out the dust.

it cant breathe

Answer 4

If its not a frost free, you will always have this problem, but you can defrost it by unplugging the fridge, remove the food and use a hair dryer to melt the ice and mop it up with a towel.

If it is a self defrosting type, there is several things that can cause it. This site will help you locate the problem -

http://appliancequickfix.com/REFRIGERATO...