Turbo Air Appliance Repair in Philadelphia

Founded in Korea, Turbo Air runs its US business from Southern California and builds commercial refrigerators and freezers in reach-in form, along with display merchandisers and prep tables. Many models feature a self-cleaning condenser with a brush that sweeps dust from the coil. After growing out of Korea into US commercial refrigeration, Turbo Air made its name with the self-cleaning condenser. Restaurants, cafés and convenience stores buy Turbo Air reach-ins, prep tables, undercounter units and glass-door merchandisers. The brand competes at mid-market prices with features like the self-cleaning condenser.

The hardware that matters on a service call includes self-cleaning condenser with a rotating brush, reach-in and undercounter refrigeration, sandwich and pizza prep tables, and glass-door merchandisers. Even with the self-cleaning condenser, coils still need some manual cleaning, particularly in kitchens with a lot of grease.

Across the whole brand, Turbo Air's weak points are condenser fan motors, door gaskets, temperature controllers, evaporator fans and defrost components, and self-cleaning brush motors.

The common Turbo Air refrigerator faults are condenser fan motor, door gasket, temperature controller, and evaporator fan. On Turbo Air freezers, plan on defrost heater or sensor, evaporator fan, door heater or gasket, and condenser fan.

On Turbo Air equipment, "the electronics are bad" is a theory until a meter proves it, and that usually takes minutes.

Turbo Air reach-ins in hot, crowded Philadelphia restaurant kitchens work hard through humid summers, and a clogged coil or failing fan shows up quickly as rising cabinet temperatures. Commercial kitchens in older buildings bring their own constraints, such as tight basements, steep stairs and small back rooms where Turbo Air equipment has little air to work with.

Corner stores, bars and takeout counters run Turbo Air equipment for long hours, so scheduled cleaning and inspection cost far less than an emergency on a busy night. The same Turbo Air model can behave differently in a Society Hill high-rise than in a Port Richmond row home, and we diagnose with the house in mind.

Check door gaskets weekly for tears and keep the area around the condenser clear, even with the self-cleaning brush. Commercial operators get the best return from scheduled cleaning and inspection logged on a calendar, rather than waiting for a breakdown.

Jot down any error code and when it shows up; on a Turbo Air that narrows the diagnosis before we arrive.

Common Turbo Air parts generally arrive within a few days through commercial distributors or the company's own parts channel. Commercial installations of Turbo Air equipment also have to satisfy health-code and gas-safety requirements that a home kitchen does not.

Turbo Air repairs are usually worth it, because downtime costs a business more than most component repairs. Nothing starts until you approve a written estimate, and our warranty covers parts for 90 days and labor for 30.