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$89 service call, waived with the repair

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

La Jolla · 92037

Wine Cooler Repair in La Jolla, San Diego

Renters, owners and building managers in La Jolla all call about the same wine coolers, and the useful answer is the same for all three.

La Jolla buildings and their machines

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.

A price you can hold us to

A figure quoted over the phone for a wine cooler before anyone has seen it is a guess, and a low guess is worse than none. You get the real price in writing once the fault is known, and you can decline it and pay only the service call.

Diagnosis

Common wine cooler faults

01

Failed zone sensor

How it showsOne zone reads correctly and the other holds a temperature it is not at.

The repairTest both sensors against a reference and replace the one that has drifted.

02

Hardened door seal

How it showsCondensation inside the glass and a door that will not self-close.

The repairFit a new gasket and re-hang the door so it closes under its own weight.

03

Dirty condenser coil

How it showsRuns constantly and the cabinet never reaches its set point.

The repairClean the coil and fan; in an open-plan kitchen this needs doing regularly.

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Reviews

Nearby jobs

5 from 993 reviews

  • ★★★★★

    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

  • ★★★★★

    One zone stayed cold and the other drifted warm. He traced it to a failed thermistor in the upper compartment rather than the compressor, which was what I had feared. Both zones hold steady now.

    Leland A.Rancho Bernardo

  • ★★★★★

    Condensation kept forming on the inside of the glass door. Its seal had hardened and was no longer pulling in at the top. He fitted a new gasket and adjusted the hinge tension so the door closes square.

    Aoife M.Scripps Ranch

  • ★★★★★

    Glasses came out gritty no matter which detergent we tried. The upper wash arm bearing had worn and the spray was barely turning. He replaced the arm assembly and cleared the filter housing underneath it.

    Vivienne S.La Jolla

  • ★★★★★

    Electric dryer in the garage tumbled fine but blew cold. One leg of the heating element had burnt out. He tested the thermal fuse while he was in there and replaced both, then ran it to confirm the heat.

    Stanley O.La Jolla

  • ★★★★★

    The fresh food side warmed up while the freezer stayed cold. Its evaporator fan motor had seized. He replaced the motor and cleared the drain hole in the rear panel, which had iced over as well.

    Beatriz N.La Jolla

Answers

Questions

Do you come out to La Jolla?

We cover La Jolla. There is a single $89 charge for the visit, whatever the machine turns out to have wrong with it, and it is not charged at all if the repair goes ahead.

My wine cooler 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 it noisy all of a sudden?

A compressor model that has become loud is usually the fan, either a bearing going or a blade catching on something. A buzz that follows the compressor is often the mounting feet or a pipe touching the cabinet, which is a nuisance rather than a fault. Either is worth checking before it wears something.

Get it looked at

Wine Cooler 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.