My Traulsen reach-in is short-cycling. What's the cause?

Often a condenser choked with grease and dust so the compressor can't reject heat, a bad start component, or a low charge. We diagnose the real cause before quoting rather than swapping parts on a guess, and you get the price in writing first.

Are you a Traulsen factory dealer?

No, and we don't claim to be. We run an independent shop that knows these cabinets and stocks the common failure parts, so you get an honest quote and no brand pressure, just the repair.

Can you prioritize an outage?

Yes. A down Traulsen with product on the line goes to the front of the line. We're open 7 AM to 7 PM seven days out of San Ramon, same number after hours, and the $99 diagnostic is credited toward the repair.

TRAULSEN · OAKLAND

Service · All Traulsen Models

Traulsen Commercial Refrigeration Repair · Oakland, CA

Traulsen reach-ins and prep tables across Temescal, Uptown, Rockridge, and the Jack London kitchens, serviced in the densest restaurant market we cover.

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

Call (925) 999-4095

Traulsen in Oakland

Traulsen refrigeration in Oakland.

Oakland keeps more kitchens running than anywhere else in the East Bay, and the equipment shows it. Temescal, Uptown, and Rockridge are packed with restaurants pushing their cold side all night, Jack London Square has the bars and breweries, and downtown runs hotels and office cafeterias. The higher-volume of those kitchens run Traulsen reach-ins, prep tables, and back-line cabinets that have to hold through a Friday crowd.

Traulsen is built for that abuse and built so a tech can take it apart and fix it, so repair usually beats buying new. The Oakland calls we see: a thermostat drifted out of calibration so the box won't hold safe temp, a door gasket worn from a thousand pulls a shift, a grease-choked condenser short-cycling the compressor, and on older units a sealed-system leak. The truck carries the parts that fail most, so a lot of jobs involve parts we usually stock.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

Thermostat out of calibration. The most common Traulsen call. The cabinet drifts warm or won't hold setpoint when the thermostat fails. We test it, recalibrate or replace, and confirm recovery. We provide a written repair estimate after the on-site diagnosis and before any work starts.
Worn door gasket. On a busy Temescal or Uptown line a gasket tears and hardens fast, and a leaking seal runs the compressor nonstop. Cheapest fix on the cabinet, and it keeps the compressor from running itself into the ground. We stock common profiles.
Sealed-system leak on older cabinets. Past 15 to 20 years, vibration and slow corrosion crack the sealed system open. It's the bigger repair and the one most general appliance guys can't legally handle. We do recovery, evacuation, and weigh-in in-house under EPA #1279674151528, 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.

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FAQ

Traulsen in Oakland questions, answered.

My Traulsen reach-in is short-cycling. What's the cause?

Often a condenser choked with grease and dust so the compressor can't reject heat, a bad start component, or a low charge. We diagnose the real cause before quoting rather than swapping parts on a guess, and you get the price in writing first.
Are you a Traulsen factory dealer?

No, and we don't claim to be. We run an independent shop that knows these cabinets and stocks the common failure parts, so you get an honest quote and no brand pressure, just the repair.
Can you prioritize an outage?

Yes. A down Traulsen with product on the line goes to the front of the line. We're open 7 AM to 7 PM seven days out of San Ramon, same number after hours, and the $99 diagnostic is credited toward the repair.

Need Traulsen service in Oakland?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.