[Shop-talk] Household appliances that breakdown on Christmas Day....

[Randall]

> The whole 
> "frost-free deepfreeze" was totally frosted up especially the 
> duct around the fan that was chocked completely in ice.

"Frost-free" is actually marketing-speak for "self-defrosting" ... so very
likely your root problem is in the self-defrosting part.  Could be the timer
or wiring; but when mine did that, the heating element (tape) itself had
gone open circuit.

Since frost makes a pretty good insulator, you might want to consider fixing
it rather than just living with occasionally having to defrost.

Randall