--- title: "Traulsen Restaurant Equipment Repair" description: "Traulsen commercial appliance repair. A Traulsen cabinet that starts to drift gets its visit as soon as the food inside has a safe place to go." url: "https://commercialappliancerepair.center/brands/traulsen/" --- # Traulsen Restaurant Equipment Repair A Traulsen cabinet that starts to drift gets its visit as soon as the food inside has a safe place to go. ## Traulsen commercial appliances, specifically. Traulsen, of Fort Worth, Texas, builds upright reach-ins, prep tables, undercounters, refrigerated equipment stands, milk coolers, blast chillers and hot food holding cabinets. What a Traulsen visit reads first depends on when the cabinet was built: R and A Series controls spell out their alerts on the display, while R-Series uprights from July 2025 keep them in the Smart Control's menu. The Traulsen lineup ### Builds 2 commercial appliance types Commercial cold storage · Commercial cooking equipment ### Called out for Reach-In Cooler Not Holding Temperature Through a Shift and 4 more problems on Traulsen ### Repairs we do 10 repairs, on any make Commercial appliance diagnostic visit · Walk-in cooler repair · Reach-in and prep table repair · Commercial fryer repair ### Error codes ELE LOS · DOR OPN · CHI · CLO · CLN FIL 11 Traulsen codes with a page of their own ## The Traulsen lineup. Traulsen builds 2 of the 4 commercial appliance types this site covers. Which one decides how the visit is planned. [All commercial appliance types](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/types/) Cold storage ### Commercial cold storage **5** of the problems we see on Traulsen come up on it Commercial cold storage repair Cooking equipment ### Commercial cooking equipment **1** of the problems we see on Traulsen come up on it Commercial cooking equipment repair ## What is particular to Traulsen. We work on Traulsen R-Series and G-Series reach-ins, TS and TB prep tables, compact UPT and UST prep tables, TU and compact undercounters, TE equipment stands, milk coolers, blast chillers and hot food holding cabinets. The series name on the serial tag tells us which control and which messages to expect. ### Alerts spelled out in words Older R and A Series controls print short word-like messages: ELE LOS after a power loss, DOR OPN for a door, CHI and CLO for warm and cold, CLN FIL when the condenser needs cleaning. Traulsen marks its sensor, defrost and run-time messages as ones that need service. ### A power-loss record on newer cabinets Uprights built after July 2025 carry Traulsen's Smart Control, which stores how long the power was off and the cabinet temperature when it returned. After an outage, those two numbers answer the question a health inspector asks first. ### Defrost on demand Newer Traulsen low-temperature cabinets use Predictive Defrost, watching air temperature and humidity and defrosting only when needed. A frosted coil on one of these sends us to sensors and heaters rather than a timer. ### A wide-fin coil and propane Most R-Series models have a StayClear wide-finned condenser coil that still wants cleaning about every six months, and many Traulsen products run on propane. Sealed-system work on those follows flammable-refrigerant precautions. Parts Traulsen publishes service and parts manuals and a parts finder on its own site, and asks that system components be replaced with like parts, especially on propane units. Sensors and controls are matched to the series and build date before ordering. Repair or replace A Traulsen with a sound cabinet, hinges and gaskets is worth repairing when a sensor, fan, door switch, heater or control fails. Replacement enters the conversation only when a compressor or sealed-system failure lands on an older cabinet with a tired box. Book your Traulsen visit ## What we are called out for. On Traulsen, most often reach-in cooler not holding temperature through a shift. [All problems](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/problems/) Traulsen error codes - [`ELE LOS` Controls and power](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/traulsen-ele-los/) - [`DOR OPN` Temperature and alarms](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/traulsen-dor-opn/) - [`CHI` Temperature and alarms](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/traulsen-chi/) - [`CLO` Temperature and alarms](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/traulsen-clo/) - [`CLN FIL` Compressor and cooling](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/traulsen-cln-fil/) - [`SN1` Sensors and probes](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/traulsen-sn1/) [All Traulsen codes](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/error-codes/#codes-traulsen) ### Reach-In Cooler Not Holding Temperature Through a Shift 6 causes, cheapest first ### Prep Table Running Warm in the Top Rail and the Base 6 causes, cheapest first ### Walk-In Freezer Icing Up on the Coil, Floor and Door Frame 6 causes, cheapest first Gas, fire, food at risk or water near power ### Walk-In Cooler Warm Above 41°F With Food Inside 6 causes, cheapest first ## Not a Traulsen? 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The power to the cabinet was interrupted. Clear it with the alarm key, then check the food and your log to see how long the cabinet was warm. ### How often does a Traulsen defrost? Traulsen's owner guide gives every 8 hours for upright coolers, every 4 hours for upright low-temperature cabinets, every 2.5 hours for TE and TU units and every 3 hours for TS units. Newer R-Series low-temperature cabinets defrost on demand instead. ### Where is the power outage record on a newer Traulsen? On Smart Control cabinets, unlock the keypad, open the alarm menu and read tPd for how long the power was off and tCu for the temperature when it came back. ### Do Traulsen hot food cabinets start on their own? No. Traulsen ships its hot food holding cabinets switched off; press the on/off button and set the temperature to begin. --- **[Read on the site: Traulsen Restaurant Equipment Repair](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/brands/traulsen/)** **[Book a visit with CommercialApplianceRepair.center](https://commercialappliancerepair.center/schedule/)**