Freezer section too warm in a defrost cycle?

Is it possible that the defrost cycle can affect the temperature enough
that if it has defrosted just before I get ice cream out it is noticeably
softer than at other times.

The fridge has an ice maker that is not hooked to water. Some people think
that the softness is related to the ice level switch being accidentally pushed
down causing the machine to try to make ice.

Yes, during the defrost cycle you may get temperatures near 30F. The ice
maker shouldn't be any cause of this as it is usually a device that is fed
from the main circuit and can't effect the workings of the refrigerator
itself. There is a model that I've heard of though that has the defrost
timer as an intrinsic part of the ice maker. If yours isn't this type and
you don't use it anyway perhaps you may want to consider disconnecting it.

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