Cleaning freezer evap. Coils

[71CHOPS]

Have a food manufacturing facility that wants thier freezer coils cleaned.

They have a light coating of cardboard dust from the boxes in the space.

I'm afraid any water will just freeze on the coils and pan. Or am I over thinking this? Would flowing enough water, end up keeping it from freezing?

Box temp. Is 5*F.

[icy78]

You could put it into defrost first to warm the coil up and then wash it.
Or maybe remove the X wire and wash it while it's defrosting?

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[Snapperhead]

Heres what we do

Put into defrost , Prop the door open so you don't freeze to death while working

Now you begin gathering your pump sprayer and chemical and hoses , and big ass catch pans .... while the freezer is warming up to about 30

Move product from the area

Kill the Breaker when the frost is gone

Pull the drain pan down , set aside

Set a couple of catch pans on the floor , and begin spraying the coil down

Even if this cleaning takes you an Hour ..... no harm will be done to the product (unless its ice cream)

[Gary Warren Jr]

You could put it into defrost first to warm the coil up and then wash it.
Or maybe remove the X wire and wash it while it's defrosting?

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I usually leave pan on and drain into a trashcan if it's so bad your scared to clog drain. I have several different 3/4" drain pieces to hookup for this.

[Restaurant Mech]

Heres what we do

Put into defrost , Prop the door open so you don't freeze to death while working

Now you begin gathering your pump sprayer and chemical and hoses , and big ass catch pans .... while the freezer is warming up to about 30

Move product from the area

Kill the Breaker when the frost is gone

Pull the drain pan down , set aside

Set a couple of catch pans on the floor , and begin spraying the coil down

Even if this cleaning takes you an Hour ..... no harm will be done to the product (unless its ice cream)

And on top of that I'll usually hit the coil with cal shield after so it's much easier to just rinse off next time.

[BALloyd]

Have a food manufacturing facility that wants thier freezer coils cleaned.

They have a light coating of cardboard dust from the boxes in the space.

I'm afraid any water will just freeze on the coils and pan. Or am I over thinking this? Would flowing enough water, end up keeping it from freezing?

Box temp. Is 5*F.

You are over thinking it.....

I have defrosted more frozen freezer coils than I care to count. The fastest way period is with hot water and lots of it. Cleaning a freezer coil is not really different other than at least your drain should be flowing already.

Key as mentioned is to have it on defrost or at a minimum have the refrigeration turned off with the fans off.

I never kept the doors open.. just wear the appropriate clothing.

Move the product out of the way and go to town.

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[71CHOPS]

We ended up doing it last week. Yeah, just used hot water. They weren't really that bad.

We removed the fan grills and wrapped the motors with plastic, then covered the front to keep any spray from coming out. Also installed some stainless eyelits to hold the catch tarp....which was a great purchase...used it in the cooler also, and saved making a big mess. The cooler was WAY worse than the freezer.

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