My Traulsen reach-in won't get below 45. What's wrong?

Most often it's a miscalibrated thermostat, a dead evaporator fan motor, or a grease-choked condenser keeping the compressor from rejecting heat properly. We pin down the real cause before pricing anything, no parts-swap guesswork, and you see the number in writing before we start.

Are you a Traulsen factory dealer?

No, and we don't claim to be. We run independent, but we've serviced enough Traulsen cabinets to know their common failure points and stock the parts for them. That's a fair quote with no sales pitch attached, just the repair itself.

How long does it take you to reach El Cerrito from San Ramon?

About 40 to 45 minutes, either I-580 to San Pablo Dam Road or Highway 24 through the tunnel to I-80. El Cerrito runs on the same day as our Berkeley and Richmond stops, and a booked window comes with a written arrival time. Down during service? Call (925) 999-4095 and say it's an outage.

TRAULSEN · EL CERRITO

Service · All Traulsen Models

Traulsen Commercial Refrigeration Repair · El Cerrito, CA

Traulsen reach-ins and prep tables on El Cerrito's San Pablo Avenue, serviced by a crew that diagnoses the cabinet instead of guessing on the clock.

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

Call (925) 999-4095

Traulsen in El Cerrito

Traulsen refrigeration in El Cerrito.

The restaurants along San Pablo Avenue in El Cerrito and a few of the sit-down spots up at El Cerrito Plaza run Traulsen reach-ins and prep tables hard through every shift. When the cold side quits, the owner wants the cabinet diagnosed, not a parts-changer working through a checklist.

Traulsen is a brand we're generally glad to see on a service call. These cabinets are built for real kitchen abuse, and built so a tech can take them apart and put them back together working, not just swap the whole unit. Common El Cerrito calls: a thermostat drifting out of calibration so a reach-in won't hold below 41, a door gasket worn out from a shift's worth of pulls, or a sealed-system leak on an older unit. Thermostats, gaskets, and fan motors are truck stock for us, so most of these involve parts we usually stock.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

Thermostat out of calibration. The most common Traulsen failure we see on San Pablo Avenue. The reach-in drifts warm or stops holding setpoint once the thermostat goes out of cal or quits outright. We check the reading against a calibrated reference, recalibrate it or put in a new one, and make sure the cabinet actually recovers to temp. We provide a written repair estimate after the on-site diagnosis and before any work starts.
Worn door gasket. On a busy San Pablo Avenue line a gasket gets torn and hardened fast, and once it stops sealing the compressor runs nonstop trying to keep up. It's a low-cost repair compared to most cabinet issues, and putting it off just puts extra strain on everything else in the system. We stock the common Traulsen profiles.
Sealed-system leak on older units. Past 15 to 20 years, vibration and slow corrosion crack the sealed system open, and El Cerrito has its share of long-held family restaurants running gear that old. It's a bigger job, and one that requires the EPA certification most general appliance repair outfits don't carry. We hold EPA #1279674151528 and handle recovery, evacuation, and weigh-in ourselves, with a two-year parts and labor warranty on the rebuild.

Models we service

Traulsen product lines.

Reach-in refrigerators and freezers
Roll-in and roll-thru cabinets
Undercounter units
Blast chillers
Pass-thru and dual-temp cabinets

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.

Nearby cities

Traulsen service in neighboring cities.

More cities

Traulsen across our service area.

FAQ

Traulsen in El Cerrito questions, answered.

My Traulsen reach-in won't get below 45. What's wrong?

Most often it's a miscalibrated thermostat, a dead evaporator fan motor, or a grease-choked condenser keeping the compressor from rejecting heat properly. We pin down the real cause before pricing anything, no parts-swap guesswork, and you see the number in writing before we start.
Are you a Traulsen factory dealer?

No, and we don't claim to be. We run independent, but we've serviced enough Traulsen cabinets to know their common failure points and stock the parts for them. That's a fair quote with no sales pitch attached, just the repair itself.
How long does it take you to reach El Cerrito from San Ramon?

About 40 to 45 minutes, either I-580 to San Pablo Dam Road or Highway 24 through the tunnel to I-80. El Cerrito runs on the same day as our Berkeley and Richmond stops, and a booked window comes with a written arrival time. Down during service? Call (925) 999-4095 and say it's an outage.

Need Traulsen service in El Cerrito?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.