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Whirled Service Appliance repair · San Diego (760) 330-4020

La Jolla · 92037

Freezer Repair in La Jolla, San Diego

La Jolla rings us about freezers more than most parts of San Diego, and the reason is in the buildings rather than the machines.

The housing in La Jolla

Marine air does its work on the parts nobody looks at. On a garage dryer we usually find the rear bulkhead screws seized, the exhaust clamp rusted through, and green on the terminal block long before the drum or the motor gives trouble. Washers in the same position corrode at the drain pump housing and around the shipping-bolt holes. It changes the job: the fault is often a bad electrical contact rather than a failed part, so we clean and re-terminate as much as we replace, and we look at the whole vent run while the machine is pulled out.

Parts, and what has to be ordered

Whatever fails most often on a freezer is already on the van, which is why a good share of La Jolla bookings end there and then. Anything sealed, or anything with a board in it, gets ordered off your plate number instead of guessed at, and goes in on a return trip.

Diagnosis

Common freezer faults

01

Failed evaporator fan

How it showsFreezer holds unevenly, with ice building in one area.

The repairReplace the fan motor and clear any ice that has fouled the blade.

02

Failed defrost heater

How it showsSolid frost on the rear panel and a cabinet that will not hold temperature.

The repairTest heater, sensor and control, then replace the part that has actually failed.

03

Failed start relay

How it showsA click every few minutes and no compressor run.

The repairTest the relay and overload, replace as a pair and check the compressor windings.

Other repairs in La Jolla

Freezer Repair elsewhere in San Diego

Reviews

Nearby jobs

5 from 1,090 reviews

  • ★★★★★

    Chest freezer in the garage was running non-stop and never resting. Its lid seal had perished at one corner and it was drawing warm air in. New seal, and he checked the charge was not low as well.

    Torsten H.Ocean Beach

  • ★★★★★

    The freezer drawer would not pull shut and everything inside was frosting over. Its rail was bent and a replacement had to come in. It has worked well since, but the wait was about ten days.

    Verity L.Scripps Ranch

  • ★★★★★

    Ice cream had gone soft at the setting we always use. Frost was sheeting the back wall and airflow had dropped right off. He cleared the defrost drain and replaced the bimetal defrost thermostat behind the panel.

    Guadalupe S.Mission Valley

  • ★★★★★

    Second freezer out in the garage stopped holding temperature once the heat arrived. Its condenser fan motor had failed, so nothing was rejecting heat. He replaced it and cleaned a coil thick with dust.

    Ignatius F.Poway

  • ★★★★★

    The alarm kept sounding overnight. Its door was not pulling shut because the lower basket had shifted forward and was holding it off the seal. He also replaced a cracked closer cam on the hinge.

    Elowen P.Serra Mesa

  • ★★★★★

    The cabinet was sitting well above its set point. Its condenser fan had stopped and the whole compartment was heat-soaked. He replaced the fan and cleared the front vent grille, which had been blocked.

    Isadora V.La Jolla

Answers

Questions

Do you come out to La Jolla?

La Jolla is on the list — all 26 neighbourhoods here are. You pay $89 for someone to come and find the fault, and that comes off the moment the repair is agreed.

My freezer is in a closet — is that a problem?

Not at all, but tell us when you ring. A stacked or built-in pair has to come out before anything can be measured, and knowing beforehand means the right amount of time is set aside instead of a second trip.

Why is there frost on everything inside?

Either warm air is getting in, or the defrost cycle has stopped running. A gasket gap, a door left ajar by a basket, or a lid catch that no longer pulls down will do the first. Frost concentrated on the back panel rather than spread through the cabinet points at the defrost system.

Get it looked at

Freezer Repair in La Jolla

The make, what the machine is doing, and how it is fitted — stacked in a closet or standing in a garage. That is usually enough to know what the visit involves.

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$89 service call, waived when the repair is approved.