Shop freezer & fridge repair in Spencerville, NM 87410
Spencerville lots are big enough for a detached shop, and that shop often holds a second freezer or fridge. We repair those, plus the propane water heaters and well-fed kitchen appliances in the house.
- Answered 24/7
- San Juan County
- Propane and natural gas
Town we serve
- Area
- Spencerville
- ZIP
- 87410
- County
- San Juan County, NM
- Shop
- 1865 E. Mojave St., Farmington
- Phones
- Answered 24/7
Quick answer for Spencerville
Spencerville calls often start in the detached shop: a second freezer that won't stay cold in July or quits running in January, or a spare fridge with a failed relay. Inside, we see propane water heaters, ranges and dishwashers scaled by well water. We diagnose on site, carry relays, thermostats and thermocouples, and answer the phone 24/7. A full freezer gone warm gets a tech at any hour.
Second freezers in Spencerville shops and why they fail
Spencerville spreads across larger rural lots on the southwest side of Aztec, about 5,790 feet up. Most of it falls in the Aztec school district, with a slice in Farmington's. Out here, the detached shop is almost standard, and many hold a second freezer or refrigerator for meat, game, garden produce or drinks. Those units sit in buildings that aren't heated or cooled, and that's the root of most of the freezer calls we get from Spencerville.
Summer and winter both work against a shop freezer. On hot afternoons a metal shop gets much warmer than the outdoor air, and the compressor runs almost nonstop, which wears the start relay and condenser fan. In January the shop can drop into the teens. A chest freezer usually keeps going, but a fridge-freezer combo senses the cold, stops running, and lets the freezer section thaw. We check which kind you have and whether the controls are actually failing.
Shop dust adds to it. Sawdust, grinding grit and wind-blown sand coat the condenser coil, and a dirty coil traps heat in summer. Mice like the warmth of a compressor compartment too, and they chew wiring. We clean the coil, test the start relay, overload, thermostat and fan, inspect the wiring and check the door or lid gasket. Most shop freezer failures are those parts, not the compressor, and fixing them costs far less than a new freezer.
Propane and well water in Spencerville houses
Inside Spencerville homes, propane and private wells are the norm. Propane feeds the water heater, the range and often the dryer, and each needs the right LP orifices and regulator plus high-altitude setup at this elevation. Thermocouples on propane water heaters wear and let the pilot go out, and an oven igniter that's weakening will light slowly or not at all. Anyone who catches a whiff of gas should leave the house, place the call to 911 or the propane supplier outdoors, and phone us later about the appliance.
Well water here is hard. Scale coats the dishwasher's heating element and spray arms, plugs the inlet valve screen and leaves cloudy glasses. In the refrigerator, it clogs the water valve and starves the ice maker. Water heater tanks fill with sediment that makes the burner work harder and shortens tank life. A softener or whole-house filter helps, and so does flushing the water heater once or twice a year. We'll show you where the drain valve is.
Spencerville repair calls, house and shop
These five make up most of what we do in Spencerville.
Shop freezer thawing in January
A fridge-freezer in a cold shop stops calling for cooling. We confirm the thermostat and defrost parts are sound, then talk through a chest freezer or a maker's garage kit.
Second fridge clicking, not cooling
A clicking compressor that won't start usually means a failed start relay or overload. We test both, replace the bad one, and clean the condenser so the new part lasts.
Pilot won't stay lit
On a propane water heater, a worn thermocouple is the common cause. We test its output, clean the pilot assembly, replace what's failed and confirm the burner fires cleanly.
Dishwasher leaving cloudy glasses
Hard well water scales the spray arms and heating element. Our tech descales the arms or fits new ones, checks the element and wash pump, and recommends rinse aid.
Ice maker quit making ice
Mineral scale chokes the refrigerator water valve. We check flow, replace the valve if it's clogged, clear any frozen fill tube and test the ice maker module.
Repairs we run most in Spencerville
Six services that come up again and again here. The full list is on our appliance repair page.
Visiting Spencerville homes southwest of Aztec
We reach Spencerville from Farmington by way of NM 516 or US 550, and we often line it up with Aztec and Flora Vista calls. Tell us whether the appliance is in the house or the shop, and if the shop has lights and an outlet we can test at. A photo of the freezer's model tag, usually on the back or inside the lid, helps us bring the matching relay or thermostat.
Close to Spencerville
We also work these nearby areas.
Spencerville appliance repair questions
Can you repair a freezer in a Spencerville detached shop?
Yes. As long as there's power and room to get behind it, our tech checks the relay and overload, the thermostat, the condenser fan and the door or lid seal right there in the shop. We also check for chewed wires, since mice like compressor compartments. A thawing freezer full of meat is something we treat as urgent.
Why does my Spencerville shop fridge stop working in winter?
Most fridge-freezer combos rely on one thermostat in the fresh-food section. When the shop drops into the teens, that thermostat thinks the job is done, so the compressor rests and the freezer warms. A chest freezer or a maker's garage kit is the usual answer.
Do you work on propane appliances in Spencerville homes?
Yes. We repair propane water heaters, ranges, ovens and dryers, replacing thermocouples, igniters, gas valve coils and regulators and checking orifices. If gas is ever in the air, get out first and let the supplier or 911 handle the leak. Once it's cleared, we look at the appliance.
How can Spencerville homeowners protect appliances from hard well water?
A softener or whole-house filter is the biggest help. Beyond that, change the refrigerator water filter on schedule, use rinse aid in the dishwasher, clean washer inlet screens yearly and flush the water heater. Those small steps keep valves and elements working longer.
Appliance down in Spencerville?
Call any hour with the model number and what it is doing, and we will set the visit.