Our back-bar cooler on San Pablo Avenue clicks off and on through the night. Is it dying?

Not necessarily. Rapid on-off cycling usually points to a start relay, a capacitor or an overload switch, or to low voltage at the outlet. Those are small parts. We test them before the compressor gets blamed, and the written quote tells you which one failed.

Can one visit cover both our reach-in and our chest freezer?

Yes. Tell us about both when you book, and our technician will look at each one on the same visit. You get a written quote covering whatever each unit needs before any work begins.

We rent our space off Rumrill Boulevard. Who should approve the repair?

Whoever owns the equipment. If the landlord owns the Kelvinator, we can send the written quote to them or to you, and we do not start work until someone approves it. The $99 diagnostic, credited toward the repair, is the only charge before that approval.

KELVINATOR · SAN PABLO

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Kelvinator Commercial Refrigeration Repair · San Pablo, CA

Kelvinator back-bar coolers, reach-ins and chest freezers repaired in San Pablo, near San Pablo Avenue and Rumrill.

$99 diagnostic (credited toward the repair)
Same or next-day best effort
CSLB #1136642

Call (925) 999-4095

Kelvinator in San Pablo

Kelvinator commercial service.

A back-bar bottle cooler or an undercounter unit is often the hardest-working box in a small bar or deli. It gets opened constantly, sits low where dust and grease collect, and runs its compressor for long stretches. On Kelvinator back-bar units the first things we check are the condenser coil, the condenser fan and the start components on the compressor. Much of San Pablo's housing dates from the 1940s through the 1960s, and in an older building we also measure voltage at the outlet while the compressor starts.

The technician who covers San Pablo works out of Benicia. A $99 diagnostic comes first, credited toward the repair when you go ahead with it, and you see the written quote before anything is replaced. Our license is CSLB #1136642.

Common repairs we handle.

Compressor short-cycling on its overload. A click from the back of the cooler, a hum, then silence, again and again. That is the overload protecting a compressor that cannot start. We test the start relay, the capacitor and the overload itself, then measure voltage at the outlet during a start, because a weak circuit causes the same pattern.
Back-bar cooler condenser choked with dust. Back-bar units breathe through a front grille close to the floor, where dust, lint and spilled sugar collect. A matted coil pushes head pressure up and the cooler falls behind on a busy night. We clean the coil and grille, check the fan blade and motor, and show staff where to brush it between visits.
Thermostat drifting off its setpoint. A thermostat that drifts lets a reach-in freeze produce one day and run warm the next. We check where the sensing bulb sits, compare the actual cabinet temperature against the setting, and replace the control if it has drifted. On older cabinets we also look at the wiring to the control, since loose terminals mimic a bad thermostat.

Models we service

Kelvinator product lines.

reach-in refrigerators and freezers
commercial chest and display freezers
glass-door merchandisers and coolers
back-bar bottle coolers
undercounter and worktop refrigeration
ice merchandisers and frozen-food display cases

Pricing and warranty

What it costs. What we stand behind.

$99

Diagnostic visit. Credited toward the repair.
Written

Parts and labor, 3 months to 2 years depending on the type of repair. Quoted in writing before work starts.
CSLB

#1136642. Bonded and insured. We file warranty paperwork when applicable.

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FAQ

Kelvinator in San Pablo questions, answered.

Our back-bar cooler on San Pablo Avenue clicks off and on through the night. Is it dying?

Not necessarily. Rapid on-off cycling usually points to a start relay, a capacitor or an overload switch, or to low voltage at the outlet. Those are small parts. We test them before the compressor gets blamed, and the written quote tells you which one failed.
Can one visit cover both our reach-in and our chest freezer?

Yes. Tell us about both when you book, and our technician will look at each one on the same visit. You get a written quote covering whatever each unit needs before any work begins.
We rent our space off Rumrill Boulevard. Who should approve the repair?

Whoever owns the equipment. If the landlord owns the Kelvinator, we can send the written quote to them or to you, and we do not start work until someone approves it. The $99 diagnostic, credited toward the repair, is the only charge before that approval.

Need Kelvinator service in San Pablo?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.