I too prefer frost-free. Unfortunately one of the side effects is that your
ice cubes disappear also.

Barbara


"Mathew J. Newton" > wrote in message
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> "Andy Wade" > wrote in message
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> > "Andy Hall" wrote in message
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> > > I have a Liebherr frost free one.
> >
> > How does "frost free" work then?
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> > Andy
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> I believe the freezer coils are outside of the food compartment, and thus
a
> fan is used to blow air over the cold coils and into the freezer. The
> fan/pump is halted periodically at which point a heater is used to
evaporate
> any frozen water vapour from the coils.
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> Mathew
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