Defrosting

A method for defrosting an absorption refrigerator (1) including

• a cabinet having outer walls (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) and at least one door (7, 8) encasing a low temperature storage compartment (9),
• an absorption refrigerating system including an evaporator tube (20) in which a refrigeration medium flows from an upstream end to a downstream end of the evaporator tube, and which evaporator tube comprises a first tube section (21) which is arranged to absorb heat from the low temperature compartment,
• a first heater provided to heat said first tube section,
• characterized in the steps of:
• determining a defrost start time for defrosting of said low temperature compartment,
• starting said absorption refrigerating system a first time at said defrost start time independent of other control parameters determining start and stop of said absorption refrigerating system,
• detecting stop of said absorption refrigerating system,
• applying heat to said first tube section using said first heater,
• detecting the temperature of said first tube section,
• starting said absorption refrigerating system a second time, and
• detecting end of low temperature compartment defrosting.