I spent this afternoon attempting to defrost my fridge/freezer. Did as I thought made the most sense - turned it off, pulled the small thingamajing out of the hole at the back of the fridge, put pans of hot-ish water in the fridge and freezer and let it sit.
After a while, I had a bunch of ice floating around on a wet kitchen floor, but oh well - defrosted it was. So I dried the heck out of it and rubbed the insides clean, washed the shelving etc.
Reassembled my now sparkling, spotless, dry appliance.
Turned it back on.
Waited for a couple of hours before taking a peek.
AND -
the flaming thing is already creating ice at the top back of the fridge - AGAIN!
Just checked every square millimeter of the casing - no cracks, splits or holes (I assume that, by casing, you mean the rubber thing that goes around the door).
Yikes! Well, I could take the (thankfully very few) items back out and have the flaming thing dry overnight - I'd end up having to toss three bottles of cream and some chicken nuggets though.
No, I mean the plastic shell which forms the interior surface of the fridge. Fridges often have a drain, if this is full of water then ice will form on the coldplate. Think of the coldplate as a dehumidifier, it draws mositure from the enclosed space of the fridge and forms ice crystals with it. Depending on the humidity in the fridge there is usually a bit of fur. How much new buildup are you talking about?
Post a picture so we can all pass judgement on what you characterise as "clean".
Can't post - no camera or such. I assume that you mean the inside back of the fridge (across from the interior of the door if you will) - I checked all sides on the inside of the fridge, including the inside of the door, zero cracks.
When the door is closed, the fridge is an airtight box (the shell= 3 sets of opposing parallel surfaces (including the door) if you will). This shell is surrounded by insulation. If any moisture creeps into the space between the shell and the insulation then it will condense on the cooling plate.
Any condensation on the surface of the stuff you put into the fridge will also raise the humidity within the box.
Do as my mother-in-law did - put a candle in the fridge to help it along. Then walk away and forget it. Defreezing is then done automatically. In her case the fire brigade cleaned the mess.
no cracks or tears or anything on any of the six surfaces, and my fridge is empty, so the moisture might be coming from leftover moisture within my fridge from defrosting, I suppose.
Next time dig your winter gloves out of your sock and underwear drawer, go to your car for the ice scraper and go all ice station zebra on your fridge.
gj, also check the sealing, the rubber that runs around the door inside that looks accordeon-ish, if it's cracked it needs replacing. Although I think a crack shouldn't result in that much ice so quickly.
As said, mine does that as well. There still is a lot of humid air in the freezer after cleaning and that causes - at least with my freezer - a build up of ice. Which can be easily scraped off the next day. (I know, I hate emptying that thing again.....)
I just had an idea, maybe the ice is due to the extreme moist heat we're having at the moment? That stuff gets in the fridge every time I open it and so it has the chance to build up and freeze along with moisture left over from defrosting.
Looks like the main cause of the ice accumulation was indeed the hot and humid air entering when opening the door - there's way less buildup in the fridge/freezer now that things cooled down somewhat.
My freezer has a thermometer at the back. You can regulate the 'depth' of freeze (but the warmest is at zero degrees). Perhaps you have one of these gizmos too.. perhaps you can change the setting and change the rate at which it creates ice.
But i agree with many of the above posts... i suspect there's a hole or leak somewhere in the insulation allowing 'wet' air to penetrate into the freezer.