Commercial Refrigerators · Catering Companies · Simon's Town
Commercial Refrigerators Not Cooling Repair for Catering Companies in Simon's Town
A catering company in Simon's Town running with not cooling is on borrowed time — every hour of delay costs product and money. Because it is critical, our South Peninsula technicians prioritise it, usually inside 60–90 min. Our technician works through the electrical, refrigerant and airflow side of the fault in turn, then proves the repair.
Symptoms
What you may be observing
Unit runs but cabinet temperature keeps climbing
Product warming, condensation on packaging
Compressor may run continuously without effect
No cold air reaching the storage space
Possible Causes
Diagnosed on site by our technicians
- C01
Compressor failure or inefficient pumping
- C02
Refrigerant charge low from a leak
- C03
Dirty or blocked condenser rejecting heat poorly
- C04
Faulty thermostat or temperature sensor misreading
The Reyds Solution
Our technician arrives with manifold gauges and a leak detector, diagnoses the root cause on site, and restores cooling fast — recharging refrigerant, clearing the condenser, or replacing a failed compressor with a unit matched to your cabinet.
Industry context
Catering Companies
Catering Companies depend on predictable temperatures for product quality and compliance. Off-site and event catering with mobile and static cold holding. We keep the parts and refrigerant these failures usually need on the van.
Cape Town coverage
Simon's Town · South Peninsula
Reyds covers Simon's Town as part of our South Peninsula callout zone. Fast access matters most in Simon's Town, and our coverage is built around it.
Prevention
Stop the fault returning
Replace door seals at the first sign of perishing to stop the warm-air ingress that drives many not cooling callouts.
Book a service check ahead of peak trading so the commercial refrigerator under the heaviest load is not the one that fails.
Keep a documented escalation path for temperature alarms so not cooling is answered in minutes, not noticed at close.
Schedule quarterly preventative maintenance on your commercial refrigerator to catch wear before it becomes not cooling.
Emergency Dispatch
Refrigeration down? Speak to a technician now.