I believe the freezer coils are outside of the food compartment, and thus a fan is used to blow air over the cold coils and into the freezer. The fan/pump is halted periodically at which point a heater is used to evaporate any frozen water vapour from the coils.
Mathew
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I can't say about Siemens, but when we bought a Bosch fridge/freezer a few years back, there was only a small difference in price between it and the equivalent Hotpoint.
The difference in perceived quality was immense.
Neither our or my in-law's Bosch fridge-freezers have given a moment's trouble, nor have either of the Bosch washing machines - all are between 5 and 10 years old now.
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have been living in a cave devoid of all access to current affairs for the last three decades.
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You ever heard of Peter Gabriel?
as in 'I see the Mona Lisa, she gives me the wink then...'
I like it. I have to confess that I once delivered a sack of rubbish that had not been collected after three requests to the reception of my local authority's office. I then asked to see the person in charge of refuse collection. We had a friendly discussion and agreed to put it in the skip in the car park at the back of the office. I never had any more problems.
.andy
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On this one, there is a fan in the freezer section which circulates air through the entire section (having the side benefit of evening the temperature). The evaporator is in the air path at the top back. It's smaller than a standard freezer one because of the air circulation. Periodically ( a microprocessor controls it), the refrigeration is stopped and a heater warms the evaporator to melt deposited ice. It's very effective.
.andy
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I too prefer frost-free. Unfortunately one of the side effects is that your ice cubes disappear also.
Barbara
Really?
Doesn't on mine....
.andy
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Yup, that Peter Gabriel.
Isn't it amazing how these threads can go round in circles?
Frost-free is more convenient but not as good for keeping food for more than a couple of months. This is because the frost-removal cycle warms up the freezer. The food does not thaw but the regular warming and cooling affects quality.
I've bought a couple of products in the past year from Curry's because they were the cheapest supplier I could find (including Internet sites). They also operate quite a good refund policy (IMHO)
Michael Chare
That depends on the design of the appliance and how the frost removal is controlled.
I measured the temperature in mine, and it increases by less than a degree. Since it is operated at about -20 this is not significant.
.andy
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frost-free
removal
significant.
Did you check it with a Max/Minimum thermometer over 24 hours? If you did, you would get surprising results, but if you actually measure the temperature of the food, instead of the air surrounding it, then it would probably not be as bad as it seems.
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Well something is seriously wrong with your testing, or your equipment, because most thermostats have about a 5 degree C difference between on and off, making a less than 1 degree difference impossible to achieve.
Can be a good thing .. recycling .. ;-)
All the best ..
T i m
Then you measured the temperature wrong. Please explain how going from -20 to -19 can remove frost. And, IIRC, freezers are designed to operate at about 0 degrees, not -20 ( I assume you mean f).
A freeze dried ice cube -- now there's a concept. I'll keep it handy with the chocolate teapot and the rocking horse shit ;-)
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