Garage and barn freezer repair in Lutz, Land O' Lakes and Odessa
Second freezers in this area live in garages, barns and workshops, where July heat and dust do more harm than the food load ever does. We cover 8 ZIP codes in Lutz, Land O' Lakes & Odessa.
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(813) 412-5186Heat, Dust and Power on Big Lots
A garage or pole barn can sit well over 100 degrees on a summer afternoon, beyond the ambient range many freezers are built for. The compressor runs nearly nonstop, dust and hay coat the condenser, and the cabinet sweats. Frost-free uprights pull in humid air with every opening, so ice builds around the defrost drain, and a failed defrost heater shows up as a solid sheet of ice on the back panel.
Power is the other issue. A freezer on a long extension cord, or sharing a circuit with a well pump, sees voltage dips whenever that motor starts, and that wears the start relay. Storm outages on both the Tampa Electric and Withlacoochee River Electric sides of the area add surges and long thaws.
After an Outage, and During the Visit
Plug the freezer directly into a proper outlet, give it a few inches of air on each side and brush off the coils. Once power returns from an outage, keep the lid closed and allow several hours before deciding it failed. The technician checks the relay, compressor, fans, thermostat and defrost parts, then gives the diagnosis and the price. Tell us which building the freezer is in when you book.
Before You Book: Freezer Checks
Safe first steps for the most urgent freezer problems, and when to leave it to a technician.
- Power Cord Damaged on FreezerSafety
- If the plug can be reached safely, pull it at once, or shut off the circuit breaker; if you see scorch marks or melting at the plug or outlet, keep your hands off and do not attempt a fix yourself.
- Not Freezing
- Check that the control has not been set to off or defrost and plug a lamp into the outlet to confirm power; get the food into a cooler or a second freezer right away.
- Not Cold Enough — Above 0°F
- Double-check the temperature setting, then give a freezer thermometer a full 24 hours in the center of the cabinet before you rely on what it shows.
- Defrost System Failure
- If thick frost coats the inside back panel, a stopgap is to store the food elsewhere and leave the freezer unplugged with its door open for about a day so the ice melts away.
Symptoms, causes and repair-or-replace advice for every type of freezer are in our complete freezer repair guide.
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