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Bay Area Refrigeration Commercial Refrigeration & Ice Machine Service
(925) 999-4095 · San Ramon, CA · CSLB #1136642 · BBB A+

KELVINATOR · SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO

Service · All Kelvinator Models

Kelvinator Commercial Refrigeration Repair · South San Francisco, CA

Kelvinator commercial refrigeration for the biotech cafeterias east of 101 and the Grand Avenue restaurants in The Industrial City.

  • $99 diagnostic (credited toward the repair)
  • Same or next-day best effort
  • CSLB #1136642
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Kelvinator in South San Francisco

Kelvinator refrigeration in South San Francisco.

South San Francisco still carries The Industrial City sign on the hill, but most of the work now sits east of 101, where the biotech campuses run cafeterias and break-room pantries on a schedule that doesn't pause for a shift change. A fair number of those kitchens lean on Kelvinator reach-ins and beverage merchandisers to keep up. West of 101, Grand Avenue carries the older commercial strip, a run of restaurants and bakeries that have run Kelvinator gear for years because the price let a new lease pencil out. We service the brand as an independent shop, no dealer claim either side of the freeway.

A campus cafeteria cooler down mid-shift moves to the top of the list, same as a Grand Avenue kitchen losing a reach-in before dinner service. Our Peninsula technician works out of San Mateo, so South San Francisco is a short run rather than a haul from our San Ramon base. The diagnostic is $99, credited toward the repair, and every job gets a written quote first.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

  • Cafeteria reach-ins and prep line east of 101. Kelvinator KCHRI reach-ins behind the campus cafeteria lines run hard through a lunch rush that doesn't let up, and the common failures are a condenser fan motor worn from constant duty, a defrost board that's stopped completing its cycle, or a control that's drifted off setpoint. We test each in turn and carry the parts on the truck.
  • Grand Avenue restaurant reach-ins and freezers. The older Kelvinator reach-ins and walk-in-adjacent freezers on Grand Avenue tend to fail at the contactor, the start relay, or a door gasket that's gone stiff from years of use. We test the compressor circuit before we replace parts, so we're not swapping a good contactor for a bad diagnosis.
  • Sealed-system work in-house. We handle recovery, evacuation, and weigh-in under EPA #1279674151528, and we're R290 hydrocarbon trained for the newer self-contained Kelvinator merchandisers turning up in the campus break rooms. Compressor swaps and leak repair stay in-house rather than going out to a subcontractor.

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

    1 year parts and labor on the repair, 90 days on consumables. Quoted in writing before work starts.

  • CSLB

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

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FAQ

Kelvinator in South San Francisco questions, answered.

  • Do you work on campus break room equipment east of 101?
    Yes. We service Kelvinator reach-ins and merchandisers in the biotech cafeterias and break rooms same as we do the restaurants on Grand Avenue. Tell us it's affecting service and we'll push it up the schedule.
  • Are you authorized by Kelvinator?
    No, we're an independent shop and we don't claim a factory relationship. What we carry is EPA 608 certification, CSLB #1136642, and years of parts and failure knowledge on this equipment.
  • How quickly can you reach South San Francisco?
    Our Peninsula technician is based in San Mateo, a short run up 101 rather than a trip across the Bay from San Ramon. We won't promise same day for every call, but the response here is faster than for our East Bay towns.

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