De-icing system

"If I did everything right, our de-icing system should now be drawing power from the main reactor--"

- Han Solo

A de-icing system was normally used to heat the hull of a starship, defrosting any ice that had accumulated there. When the Millennium Falcon was being attacked by a swarm of stone mites, Han Solo rigged up conversion modules to connect the de-icing system to the main reactor, causing the hull to heat up enough to scorch off the mites. This quickly began to tax the conversion modules, and blew them out.

Appearances

 * Star Wars 28: What Ever Happened to Jabba the Hut?