Guides
Repair guides for Pacific Beach owners
These are the explanations we end up giving on the phone, written down once. Nothing is being sold here; the number is at the foot of the page if the answer turns out to be a visit.
Pacific Beach reading list
Two of these explain faults that look worse than they are. The evaporator fan guide is the place to start when one compartment of a Sub-Zero has gone warm while the other stays frozen, because a small fan behind the rear panel is the likeliest reason and among the least expensive. Freezer burn and airflow explains why burn is moisture leaving the food rather than a freezer running warm, and what that means for how a freezer should be packed.
The other two are for owners and property managers in particular. After an outage or a long empty spell, resetting a Sub-Zero ice maker is often all that is needed, and the guide shows how to do it without a service call. And if the kitchen is about to be remodeled, the remodel checklist covers the decisions made before the cabinets are drawn that decide how a built-in will behave for the rest of its life.
The evaporator fan: the cheapest part that fails most
If one compartment of a Sub-Zero has gone warm while the other is still hard frozen and the unit is plainly still running, the evaporator fan in the warm compartment…
A remodel checklist for built-in refrigeration
Choose the refrigeration first and draw the cabinets around it, because a built-in is a part of the kitchen rather than an appliance that goes into one.
Freezer burn is an airflow problem, not a temperature one
Freezer burn is not food that got too warm.
How to Reset a Sub-Zero Ice Maker After a Fault or Outage
Most Sub-Zero ice makers have no single reset button.
Popular Sub-Zero and Wolf Models and How to Identify Yours
Ask which Sub-Zero and Wolf models are the most popular and the answer is a short list.
Appliance down in Pacific Beach?
Tell us the brand and what it is doing — we can usually name the likely repair before we arrive.