{"id":6920,"date":"2016-03-18T19:01:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T23:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/?p=6920"},"modified":"2020-06-22T09:26:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T13:26:50","slug":"how-to-defrost-an-rv-freezer-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/archives\/6920","title":{"rendered":"How to Defrost an RV Freezer &#8211; Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are getting ready to head to Moab Utah for some fun in the desert. The Easter Jeep Rally is this coming weekend in Moab,\u00a0and we are due for some R &amp; R before John\u2019s next job. We went grocery shopping to stock-up, and get drinking water.<\/p>\n<p>Before I loaded up the freezer, I figured it was time to defrost\u2026.AGAIN!\u00a0With several friends and family with mobile homes, getting a\u00a0mobile home, and\/or contemplating a\u00a0mobile home, I thought it was worth reposting how to EASILY defrost your RV freezer.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Original Post: April 25, 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It seems like it is ALWAYS defrost-the-freezer time when you live in an RV. My first try back in 2013, after we had been on the road a couple of months, was painful\u2026.VERY painful. Having just come from living in a house with a deep freeze I followed the same steps to defrost the RV freezer. bleeeeh.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully I have found a better way. So for all of you who don\u2019t know the trick here it is!<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Measure the back wall of your freezer.<\/li>\n<li>Purchase placemats to fit. I bought a thin stiff kind.<\/li>\n<li>Trim to fit. We removed our ice maker for more room so I had to cut out around the left over hardware<\/li>\n<li>For convenience I bought a tiny whiskbroom and dust pan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Unfortunately you will have to defrost the freezer the old fashioned way the first time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>empty everything (including the fridge) into a cooler<\/li>\n<li>turn the unit off<\/li>\n<li>sop up the water after the ice melts<\/li>\n<li>turn the unit back on and let it come to temperature. (Last time you have to do this, promise!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Get it lookin\u2019 real pretty in there, no frost.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5504.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px; border: 0px currentColor; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5504_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C345&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"345\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before you reload the freezer put the placemats up against the back wall and put the shelve(s) back in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5507.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px; border: 0px currentColor; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5507_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"436\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next time the freezer needs defrosted, empty the freezer and take out the shelves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5502.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px; border: 0px currentColor; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5502_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"436\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carefully peel off the placemat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5503.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px; border: 0px currentColor; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5503_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"436\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sweep up the ice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5504-2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px; border: 0px currentColor; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5504-2_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C437&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"437\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Easy-peasy. Wipe out any water from ice melting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5506.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px; border: 0px currentColor; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5506_thumb.jpg?resize=577%2C434&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"434\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Put the placemat back in along with any shelving.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_55071.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px; border: 0px currentColor; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5507_thumb1.jpg?resize=580%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"436\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reload the freezer. 10 minutes at the most and you are done.<\/p>\n<p>It is almost fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are getting ready to head to Moab Utah for some fun in the desert. The Easter Jeep Rally is this coming weekend in Moab,\u00a0and we are due for some R &amp; R before John\u2019s next job. We went grocery shopping to stock-up, and get drinking water. Before I loaded up the freezer, I figured [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-container-style":"default","site-container-layout":"default","site-sidebar-layout":"default","disable-article-header":"default","disable-site-header":"default","disable-site-footer":"default","disable-content-area-spacing":"default","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,1108],"tags":[503,795],"class_list":["post-6920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-rv-tips-tricks","tag-defrost","tag-refrigerator"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3hvz5-1NC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5384,"url":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/archives\/5384","url_meta":{"origin":6920,"position":0},"title":"How to Defrost an RV Freezer","author":"Wendy","date":"April 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"It seems like it is ALWAYS defrost-the-freezer time when you live in an RV. 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