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, and we are due for some R & R before John’s next job. We went grocery shopping to stock-up, and get drinking water.
Before I loaded up the freezer, I figured it was time to defrost….AGAIN! With several friends and family with mobile homes, getting a mobile home, and/or contemplating a mobile home, I thought it was worth reposting how to EASILY defrost your RV freezer.
Original Post: April 25, 2015
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….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.
Thankfully I have found a better way. So for all of you who don’t know the trick here it is!
- Measure the back wall of your freezer.
- Purchase placemats to fit. I bought a thin stiff kind.
- Trim to fit. We removed our ice maker for more room so I had to cut out around the left over hardware
- For convenience I bought a tiny whiskbroom and dust pan.
Unfortunately you will have to defrost the freezer the old fashioned way the first time:
- empty everything (including the fridge) into a cooler
- turn the unit off
- sop up the water after the ice melts
- turn the unit back on and let it come to temperature. (Last time you have to do this, promise!)
Get it lookin’ real pretty in there, no frost.
Before you reload the freezer put the placemats up against the back wall and put the shelve(s) back in.
Next time the freezer needs defrosted, empty the freezer and take out the shelves.
Carefully peel off the placemat.
Sweep up the ice.
Easy-peasy. Wipe out any water from ice melting.
Put the placemat back in along with any shelving.
Reload the freezer. 10 minutes at the most and you are done.
It is almost fun!
