I know this one...

Most refrig/freezers have a defrost timer. The timer controls the
operation of the compressor pump and the defrost heater inside the condesor
core. The timer will turn off the compressor and active the heater coils.
The coils melt the ice on the condesor core until it reachs a temp high
enough to activate a high temp cut out. The cycle is normal 10-15 minutes
long before returning a cooling cycle.

If this defrost cycle is melting your frozen foods your freeze is not set
cold enough to begin with...


Fishboy


"NetMax" wrote in message
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"Stan" wrote in message
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A point of interest.
These days, modern refridgerators are frost free. They accomplish this
feat
by heating up the freezer compartment to melt away the frost and
draining
this water to a pan underneath where the heat causes it to evaporate.
Ever
notice that those frozen flats of bloodworms, brineshrimp, ...etc
little
bubbles tend to get smaller with more air space after a while..... Its
melts and refreezes many many times. But, it depends on your fridges
defrost cycle times and how long (or much) frozen food you keep......
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Are you certain? I know next to nothing about a defrost cycle, but I'd
have thought that the air was being heavily de-humidified causing the
frost to melt into the air, to be collected in a drip pan somewhere.
Even if there was a cyclical thaw, wouldn't it be brief enough to only
cause frost to melt, and not the contents of the packages?

NetMax