TRAULSEN · EAST PALO ALTO
Service · All Traulsen ModelsTraulsen Commercial Refrigeration Repair · East Palo Alto, CA
Traulsen repair for East Palo Alto, the hospitality kitchens near the bay and the University Avenue corridor.
- $99 diagnostic (waived with repair)
- Same or next-day best effort
- CSLB #1136642
Traulsen in East Palo Alto
Traulsen commercial service.
East Palo Alto sits across the freeway from its better-known neighbor and runs its own kitchen mix, a hotel and event operation near the bay with a large banquet kitchen, retail food service along University Avenue, and independent restaurants that have grown in the corridor over the last several years. The banquet-kitchen work is where I see the heaviest Traulsen equipment, built for volume that swings hard between quiet weekdays and packed event weekends.
Banquet kitchens push a lot of remote refrigeration, condensing units in a back-of-house mechanical room instead of bolted to the cabinet, and that changes how I diagnose a warm box. I check the cabinet side first, then walk back to the condensing unit itself, because guessing which end failed on a remote system wastes everyone's time.
East Palo Alto is Peninsula-technician territory now too, in San Mateo County, so you're not waiting on a haul from San Ramon. Commercial refrigeration runs through Bay Area Refrigeration Service, EPA Section 608 Universal certified, CSLB #1136642. The diagnostic is $99 and comes off the bill if you approve the repair, written quote before work starts, and the phone gets picked up every day of the week.
Common repairs we do
What we close on the truck.
- Remote condensing unit failures in banquet-kitchen mechanical rooms. A hotel or event kitchen with the compressor down a back hallway can show a warm cabinet with no obvious cause at the box itself. I test the cabinet contactor and controls first, then check the condensing unit on its own circuit, and the written finding names the exact component instead of leaving you to guess at a repeat call.
- Door hardware failure from buffet and banquet service volume. Buffet-style service opens a reach-in door constantly through a single event, sometimes harder than a full week of a la carte restaurant traffic. Hinges and gaskets wear fast under that pattern. We rebuild the hinge cartridges and replace the gasket as a matched set so the door pulls itself shut again instead of hanging open a half inch.
- Contactor and control board faults from high-volume cycling. Kitchens running near-constant volume put the compressor's contactor through more on-off cycles than a typical restaurant, and the contactor points wear or pit over time. A box that runs, stops, and won't restart on its own usually traces back here. I test the contactor and the control board separately before I tell you which one needs replacing.
Models we service
Traulsen product lines.
- Reach-ins
- Roll-ins
- Under-counters
- Blast chillers
Pricing and warranty
What it costs. What we stand behind.
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$99
Diagnostic visit. Waived when you book the repair with us.
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Written
3 months standard, 1 year on inverter boards, up to 2 years on sealed-system rebuilds. Quoted in writing before work starts.
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CSLB
#1136642. Bonded and insured. We file warranty paperwork when applicable.
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FAQ
Traulsen in East Palo Alto questions, answered.
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Is East Palo Alto covered by your Peninsula technician or still routed from San Ramon?
Correct, East Palo Alto is covered locally now. Our Peninsula technician is based in San Mateo County, so you're not waiting on someone driving up from San Ramon. Call and we'll tell you honestly where the schedule stands. -
Can you handle a large banquet kitchen with multiple Traulsen units, or just single boxes?
We work multi-unit banquet kitchens regularly. Each unit gets diagnosed and quoted on its own, in writing, so you know exactly which cabinet needs what before any work starts. -
Are you an authorized Traulsen service center?
We're an independent commercial refrigeration shop, not a factory-authorized dealer. What we bring is EPA 608 certification, a CSLB license, and a lot of hands-on hours with Traulsen equipment specifically. The diagnostic finding comes to you in writing either way.
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