Hoshizaki Refrigerator Repair in San Diego

A quick orientation for Hoshizaki refrigerator service: Hoshizaki builds commercial reach-in, undercounter and prep-table refrigerators with stainless cabinets for foodservice use.

The Hoshizaki refrigerator jobs on our schedule are mostly condenser fan motors, door gaskets, evaporator fans, and temperature controllers. What people tend to notice first: cabinet temperature rising, torn door gaskets, and condenser clogged with grease. If the cabinet is warming during a busy service, check the condenser for grease and dust and make sure the door gaskets seal along their full length. Slow ice and small cubes are more often a restricted water valve or filter than a failed ice maker.

In a commercial kitchen, a reach-in that drifts warm during service is usually losing the battle at the condenser, where grease and flour cut airflow, rather than suffering a refrigerant problem. Gaskets on heavily used doors tear at the corners, and a small tear lets in enough warm air to frost the evaporator. Temperature controllers can drift, so readings are checked against an independent thermometer before the controller is replaced.

Hot inland kitchens push commercial refrigeration hardest in late summer, when a condenser that was marginal all year finally cannot keep up. We check coil condition, fan operation, defrost components and the start relay before anyone mentions the compressor.

The estimate for the door gaskets or any other fault is written, itemized and agreed before work begins.

Change the water filter on the schedule in the manual, not just when the indicator light comes on. Calls about condenser clogged with grease are a good example of why we diagnose Hoshizaki refrigerators before ordering anything.