Chill plate freezing, why and what to do?

[cbehr]

The chill plate in my expanded kegerator is a block of ice. Is this from running too long, box not 100% sealed, both? Only keeping unit at 42F with a stc-1000.

What do I do, just unplug for an hour and let it melt into a towel then just plug back in?

 

[jbaysurfer]

I dont' know why they do that, but they all do. Yeah, just defrost every so often and it'll be fine.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Is this a modified dorm fridge? The chill plates tends to freeze on those no matter what.

Not being sealed can allow for condensation inside and further exacerbates frosting.

 

[cbehr]

It's a edgestar kegerator that I enlarged with two layers of insulation board. I'm concerned the door may not be 100% sealing possibly allowing too much humidity into the unit? Just ordered a little silica bead rechargeable dehumidifier from Amazon to see if that helps,

 

[jbaysurfer]

^ I have an unmodified Edgestar, it just does that. It's not a self defrosting model, and the tower (inherent to all kegerators) is not all that well sealed, so I just try to defrost it once every couple of months.

 

[cbehr]

It seems the fan pointed towards the chill plate make it worse? Am I nuts or could this be the case?

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

It seems the fan pointed towards the chill plate make it worse? Am I nuts or could this be the case?

It will frost over. No matter what you do. It's by design.