Hot Weather Advice for Refrigeration Equipment

With Summer in full swing, your refrigeration equipment can come under increasing pressure to retain its optimal performance. Our Service Engineer, Mark Eagleson, provides his top 7 tips to help the performance of your refrigeration equipment during the summer.

To help your refrigeration equipment during periods of hot weather, taking the following steps should help:

Where possible, pull fridges and freezers away from the wall to allow air to circulate overnight
Minimise the regularity of opening & closing fridge and freezer doors
Ensure that, where possible, brand new food stock is already pre-chilled
Do not prop open fridge or freezer doors open during goods loading
Use counter top electric fans to aid the circulation of air around refrigeration equipment
Check that air grilles are not obstructed by boxes or other equipment
Check that the internal evaporator is not obstructed by food

Mark has worked at Portable Kitchens since 2014 and is our Leading Service Engineer. Mark is responsible for upkeep of our equipment and spares for our vast hire fleet of catering equipment. There’s not much Mark doesn’t know about commercial catering equipment, both in terms of how it works and how to keep it running, and what equipment is best for our customers and clients.

Looking To Hire Refrigeration Equipment?

If you are struggling or experiencing difficulties with your current equipment, or simply require some additional catering equipment to help you through the summer, we have a large range of refrigeration equipment and cold rooms available for long or short term hire.