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Commercial Refrigeration Maintenance Look After It!

Commercial Refrigeration Equipment may appear simple on the outside, and the operations may well be trouble free but, just like any of peace of commercial kitchen equipment miss use will lead to under performance, and will unnecessarily put up your maintenance and billing costs. This may also put your foods safety at risk.

All commercial refrigeration units come with top marked levels and if you overload the shelves in your commercial refrigeration cabinet it will affect commercial refrigeration units performance and interrupt cold air flow. Commercial refrigeration units come with circulation fans to circulate the cold air evenly, if you put food against them they will not work correctly. This can make the commercial refrigeration units fan run faster then its ment to leading to early replacement and it can also cause food safety proplems.

You must place your commercial refrigeration unit in the correct place as most are designed to be used in climates with a maximum ambient temperature of 28°C which is just right for the UK and most of Europe. This means that the commercial refrigeration units thermoeter will NOT rise above 28°C even if the kitchen atmosphere is going up and down according to the amount of cooking you have going on in your kitchen.

If your commercial refrigeration unit goes over this the compressor will be overworked meaning the pumps will not pump the cooling fluid around the bars right. This will lead to your commercial refrigeration units motor burnning out which will give you food safety risks and the need for a new commercial refrigeration unitsunit. So you should try your best to position your commercial refrigeration unit away from any direct cooking equipment.

To check your commercial refrigeration unit with a digital thermometer regularly is good working practice and we would highly recommend you do so. A service engineer can check this for you as a routine, but if your commercial refrigeration unit starts to lose power then you will need to call out our engineer asap to prevent the risk of your food getting contaminated. We all know that most if not all commercial refrigeration units have a digital temperature display but we would still highly recommend you occasional check this.

If the compressor is accessible you should use an appropriate vacuum attachment to clean the areas around it, this should be part of your regular cleaning programe of the kitchen. This will help to keep the commercial refrigeration units compressor dust and fluff free helpping to provent the risk of damage.

The door seals on your commercial refrigeration unit will wear out faster then you think due to them being constantly opened and closed. If you do not replace your commercial refrigeration units door seals it will cost you more energy and money as it will make the compressor work a load harder then needed. The commercial refrigeration units door seals should be checked on routine inspections, you should also check them for any damage when you clean your mmercial refrigeration unit. To help make you door seals last longer you should encouraged your staff the close the commercial refrigeration units doors and not slam them shut as this will prolong your commercial refrigeration units life.