How do you get to Moraga from San Ramon?

We take 680 north to Walnut Creek, pick up Highway 24 toward Lafayette and Orinda, then drop into Moraga on Moraga Road. It is a short run, usually well under an hour, so we can often reach Rheem Valley the same week you call.

Our bowl freezes solid overnight. What causes that?

That is over-freezing, and it is a refrigeration control problem. The thermostat or the sealed system runs colder than the mix needs, so the product turns to a block and the auger fights the ice in the morning. We recalibrate or replace the control and set it for your recipe.

Do you work on units in a college dining hall?

Yes. We service commercial accounts like the St Mary's dining operation and the small cafes around town the same way. We schedule around your meal service so the unit is down when the room is empty, and you get a written quote first.

CRATHCO · MORAGA

Service · All Crathco Models

Crathco Beverage Equipment Repair · Moraga, CA

Crathco dispenser repair in Moraga, from Rheem Valley Shopping Center to the St Mary's dining hall

$75 diagnostic (waived with repair)
Same or next-day best effort
CSLB #1136642

Call (925) 999-4095

Crathco in Moraga

Crathco refrigeration in Moraga.

When a Crathco unit in Moraga stops holding cold, the product drifts warm by mid-afternoon and the inspector's thermometer is the first thing to catch it. The cold plate and the sealed R290 system do the cooling, and when they fall behind you get cloudy juice at Rheem Valley or a slushy bowl that never sets right. Over-freezing is the other half of the same fault, where the drink turns to a block and the auger strains against the ice.

St Mary's College runs its dispensers in bursts, packed at meal times and idle between. That on-and-off load is hard on a refrigeration circuit, and a weak thermostat or a tired compressor shows itself as a bowl that cools fine at eight in the morning and quits by the lunch rush.

Moraga is a small town, and there are not many trucks that will come out for one bowl. We will. We are independent, based in San Ramon, EPA 608 certified under CSLB #1136642, and we hand you a written quote before we open a sealed system. The $75 diagnostic comes off the bill when you book the repair.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

Cold plate and sealed system not cooling. The cold plate and the R290 compressor carry the cooling load on a Crathco bowl. When the charge is low or the compressor is weak, the product climbs past safe temperature by the afternoon rush. We read the sealed system, find whether it is charge, compressor, or airflow, and bring the bowl back into range with a written quote first.
Over-freezing and thermostat. When a bowl freezes into a solid block, the control is running colder than the recipe needs. On the FROZEN and D-series units the thermostat or the electronic control sets that point. We test the control, recalibrate or replace it, and set the freeze point so the drink pours instead of jamming the auger.
Bowl gasket and drip tray. Sugar and juice work into the bowl gasket and the drip path over a semester of service. A tired gasket leaks and a blocked drip tray backs up under the counter. We replace the gasket, clear and reseat the drip parts, and check that the pour comes out clean and dry.

Models we service

Crathco product lines.

Cold and frozen beverage dispensers
Twin-tank and single-tank bubbler and spray units
Crathco D, FROZEN, and Mini-Pro lines
Refrigerated (R290 sealed-system) dispensers

Pricing and warranty

What it costs. What we stand behind.

$75

Diagnostic visit. Waived when you book the repair with us.
Written

90 days on consumables, 1 year on major parts and boiler work. Quoted in writing before work starts.
CSLB

#1136642. Bonded and insured. We file warranty paperwork when applicable.

Nearby cities

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More cities

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FAQ

Crathco in Moraga questions, answered.

How do you get to Moraga from San Ramon?

We take 680 north to Walnut Creek, pick up Highway 24 toward Lafayette and Orinda, then drop into Moraga on Moraga Road. It is a short run, usually well under an hour, so we can often reach Rheem Valley the same week you call.
Our bowl freezes solid overnight. What causes that?

That is over-freezing, and it is a refrigeration control problem. The thermostat or the sealed system runs colder than the mix needs, so the product turns to a block and the auger fights the ice in the morning. We recalibrate or replace the control and set it for your recipe.
Do you work on units in a college dining hall?

Yes. We service commercial accounts like the St Mary's dining operation and the small cafes around town the same way. We schedule around your meal service so the unit is down when the room is empty, and you get a written quote first.

Need Crathco service in Moraga?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.