CRATHCO · SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
Service · All Crathco ModelsCrathco Beverage Equipment Repair · South San Francisco, CA
Crathco beverage dispenser repair in South San Francisco, from the Oyster Point biotech break rooms to the Grand Avenue restaurant strip.
- $99 diagnostic (credited toward the repair)
- Same or next-day best effort
- CSLB #1136642
Crathco in South San Francisco
Crathco refrigeration in South San Francisco.
East of 101, the biotech campuses around Oyster Point keep their break room and cafeteria dispensers running through shift changes that do not stop at five o'clock, and a Crathco iced tea or cold-drink unit on that kind of schedule wears its agitator and pump motor bearings faster than one that gets a rest overnight. When we hear grinding or a rising squeal from under the bowl on a South San Francisco call, the campus schedule is usually the reason it got there first.
West of 101, Grand Avenue carries the older commercial strip, restaurants and cafes that run a Crathco cold-drink dispenser through lunch and dinner rather than around the clock, and there the complaint is more often a slow drip at the base. The bowl gasket, the shaft seal behind the auger, and the faucet O-rings all harden with age, and once one lets go, syrup finds the crack. We pull the bowl, replace the seal kit as a set, and pour-test it before we leave.
Andrew Kuznetsov runs Bay Area Refrigeration Service as an independent shop out of San Ramon, EPA 608 certified and licensed under CSLB #1136642. There is no factory authorization on our side of a Crathco repair, just a straight diagnosis. A technician based on the Peninsula in San Mateo works South San Francisco on the same route as San Bruno and Daly City, so response does not depend on a crew coming over from the Tri-Valley. The diagnostic is $99, credited toward the repair, and the quote is in writing first.
Common repairs we do
What we close on the truck.
- Agitator and pump motor bearings worn from continuous duty. A break room dispenser east of 101 that runs through three shifts a day puts more hours on its agitator and pump motor than a restaurant unit ever will. We pull the motor, check the shaft for play, and replace the bearings before a seized shaft takes the magnetic coupling down with it. We test campus machines under a full, cold bowl, since that is the load that actually finds a weak bearing.
- Bowl gasket, shaft seal, and faucet O-ring leaks. On Grand Avenue's restaurant-hours machines, a puddle under the counter almost always traces to a hardened seal rather than a cracked housing. We replace the bowl gasket, the shaft seal, and the O-rings in the dispense valve as a set, clean the sealing surfaces, and run a pour test before calling it fixed.
- Cold control drifting on machines that never power down. A dispenser that runs around the clock in a campus pantry never gets the reset a restaurant unit gets from a nightly shutdown, and the cold control can drift out of range without anyone noticing until the bowl runs too soft or freezes solid. We check the thermostat, the defrost timing, and airflow across the plate, then reset it so the pour holds a proper slush instead of sitting at one extreme or the other.
Models we service
Crathco product lines.
- Cold and frozen beverage dispensers
- Twin-tank and single-tank bubbler and spray units
- Crathco D, FROZEN, and Mini-Pro lines
- Refrigerated (R290 sealed-system) dispensers
Pricing and warranty
What it costs. What we stand behind.
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$99
Diagnostic visit. Credited toward the repair.
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Written
1 year parts and labor on the repair, 90 days on consumables. 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
Crathco in South San Francisco questions, answered.
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Our biotech campus break room dispenser runs constantly. Does that shorten its life?
It does put more hours on the moving parts, mainly the agitator and pump motor bearings and the cold control. That is not a reason to replace the unit, just a reason to expect a bearing or a seal to wear out sooner than it would on a nine-to-five restaurant schedule. -
Are you an authorized Crathco service center for our campus vendor contract?
No. We are an independent shop, not a Crathco factory dealer, so there is no authorization to claim either way. What we offer is EPA 608 certified diagnostic and repair work under CSLB #1136642, with a written quote before anything is opened. -
How does dispatch work for South San Francisco?
Our Peninsula technician is based in San Mateo and runs South San Francisco on the same day as San Bruno and Daly City, so it is one stop on a Peninsula route rather than a special trip from San Ramon.
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