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A frost free refrigerator or freezer incorporates technology to keep the unit from icing up.

The mechanism on a refrigerator involves letting the cooling element heat up for a short period melting any ice that has formed upon it and having it drain through a collecting duct at the back of the unit.

On a freezer dry air is circulated around the cabinet using fans. The cooling elements are separated from the main cabinet space, allowing them to be heated for short periods to dispose of any ice forming.—Precedingunsigned comment added by213.48.73.94 (talk •contribs)

The term "Frost-free" is a misleading advertising term, since frost still occurs in those refrigerators. According to our article, what distinguishes these refrigerators from others is only that they periodically perform defrosting by themselves. Moreover, "frost-free" is ambiguous, since it can mean all sorts of things that are free of frost. Not only thebibcocks mentioned on top of the article - just search for"frost free". In addition, it also can mean a library inMarlborough, New Hampshire. And best of all, there seems to exista different technology for refrigerators that really makes them frost free, if we can trust Indiana University.

I would therefore like to change the page "Frost-free" to a redirect, and move the content of this article to eitherAuto-defrost orAutomatic defrost. Any objections? —Sebastian03:12, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On second thought, maybe the technology described by Indiana University is the same. Maybe the periodic defrosting reduces the vapor pressure so much that it leads to the described effect on ice cubes. Still, there is frost on the evaporator, until it gets defrosted, so I stand by my statement that the term is misleading. —Sebastian03:18, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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