wackiejackie88
25-06-2008, 11:37 PM
Hey everyone, I own a Traulsen 3-door freezer in my bakery. I have a problem with ice building up in the evaprator hump and it strats to hit the blower motor after a few days. I called Traulsen and spoke to their techs and theyre all baffled.
Now, heres a little history on the unit. It was bought in 1996 and we've had problems since day-one. We made it a remote unit because of all the noise it made. My tech can't seem figure out the problem either. So I though I would have a crack at it...here are some of the problems i took care of. The evaportor hump cover was never put on properly and wasn't screwd down. The pipe for the drain pan leading out of the evaporator hump didn't have putty around it. The air duct in the freezer was not put up again after the ice forced it down. Two door gasket were leaking a little. Now all these problems have been resolved and i still have ice build up.
After all these repairs i still got the ice build up and it builds up quick (2-3 days than it starts to hit the fan motor). Today i spoke to a Traulsen tech and asked him if he though that maybe we had condensation because of the defrost cycle being too long...he said it could be a possibility. He instructed me to put two more pins in the defrost timer (total of 6) for 20-25 instead of 32 minutes where it is now. Note: the Traulsen techs asked if the freezer went into deforst we established that it did because the evaporator never had any ice on it.
I also asked if maybe the drian line leading to the basement could be bringing warm air into the evaporator hump...he said its possible and instructed me to put a p-trap on the drain line.
If any of you guys or gals have any idea on whats wrong please let me know. Any information is much apprecaited. Thanks
-Jack
Now, heres a little history on the unit. It was bought in 1996 and we've had problems since day-one. We made it a remote unit because of all the noise it made. My tech can't seem figure out the problem either. So I though I would have a crack at it...here are some of the problems i took care of. The evaportor hump cover was never put on properly and wasn't screwd down. The pipe for the drain pan leading out of the evaporator hump didn't have putty around it. The air duct in the freezer was not put up again after the ice forced it down. Two door gasket were leaking a little. Now all these problems have been resolved and i still have ice build up.
After all these repairs i still got the ice build up and it builds up quick (2-3 days than it starts to hit the fan motor). Today i spoke to a Traulsen tech and asked him if he though that maybe we had condensation because of the defrost cycle being too long...he said it could be a possibility. He instructed me to put two more pins in the defrost timer (total of 6) for 20-25 instead of 32 minutes where it is now. Note: the Traulsen techs asked if the freezer went into deforst we established that it did because the evaporator never had any ice on it.
I also asked if maybe the drian line leading to the basement could be bringing warm air into the evaporator hump...he said its possible and instructed me to put a p-trap on the drain line.
If any of you guys or gals have any idea on whats wrong please let me know. Any information is much apprecaited. Thanks
-Jack