Maintenance on Ice Machines for Merchandisers

Although preventive maintenance isn’t the norm for most businesses it’s much more cost effective than reactive maintenance. Had the customer set a planned maintenance program they may not have lost the bin full of ice.

Proper Defrost of Compressors

Proper defrost is very much necessary for long system life. if the system freezes over then liquid refrigerant makes its way back to the compressor eventually taking out the compressor. Age has no priority here, a new comp will be destroyed as easily as an older one.

Routine Checks to Protect Refrigerant Lines

Routine Checks to Protect Refrigerant Lines is very important. Lack of insulation and covering leads to efficiency loss and damaged pipes. A compressed line lowers pressure on compressor side and raises pressure on equipment side causing warmer temperatures in the space and warmer product temps. The unit now has to work harder to maintain the […]