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

TRUE · SAN BRUNO

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True Commercial Refrigeration Repair · San Bruno, CA

We service True back-bar coolers and reach-ins in the hotel bars near SFO and the restaurants along San Bruno Avenue and El Camino.

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

True refrigeration in San Bruno.

San Bruno sits right under the SFO flight path, and a good share of its commercial kitchens are built around that traffic. Airport-area hotel bars and restaurants run True back-bar coolers and reach-ins through long hours serving travelers, and the older diners and taquerias along San Bruno Avenue and El Camino keep prep tables going through the lunch crowd.

A lot of San Bruno's commercial buildings date to the 1940s through the 60s, and the electrical service in some of them was never sized for a modern compressor's start-up draw. When a True unit trips a breaker, I check the start relay and run capacitor on the compressor and the condition of the circuit itself before I assume the compressor is bad.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

  • Back-bar coolers running warm at hotel bars. A True back-bar cooler that won't hold temp behind a hotel bar usually comes down to a torn door gasket or a dirty condenser fighting the extra heat off the bar equipment around it. We check both and clean the coil as part of the visit.
  • Reach-ins tripping breakers. On older San Bruno buildings, a reach-in that trips the breaker on start-up isn't always the compressor. We test the start relay, the run capacitor, and the circuit load itself, so we're not replacing a good compressor for a bad relay.
  • Sealed-system and leak repair. Older True units eventually open a line and lose charge. We do recovery, evacuation, and weigh-in in-house under EPA #1279674151528, and we're R290 trained for the newer hydrocarbon units.

Models we service

True product lines.

  • Reach-in refrigerators and freezers
  • Sandwich and salad prep tables
  • Under-counter units
  • Bottle coolers
  • Glass-door merchandisers
  • Back-bar coolers

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

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FAQ

True in San Bruno questions, answered.

  • Are you a True dealer?
    No. We service True as an independent shop, no factory-authorization to claim. The only factory certification we hold is on Manitowoc ice machines. We're licensed under CSLB #1136642 and EPA 608 certified.
  • Can you get to a hotel property near SFO without a hassle?
    We can't promise same-day on every call, but we're used to working loading docks and vendor entrances at hotel properties near the airport, and San Bruno sits inside our Peninsula technician's regular route.
  • What does the diagnostic cost?
    $99 flat, credited toward the repair, and you get a written quote first.

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