Post #792730 by tikiskip on Mon, Jan 28, 2019 5:04 AM

One of the new places I went to in the kitchen was this small ice machine like the smallest I think you can buy for commercial.

And I said "Oooo that's going to hurt you" the one guy said "yeah I was not here when they got that" the "other said "it should be ok" That's it.

Man they did not ask one question after that, knowing I had a place for ten years.

What they would have heard had they asked was...
An ice machine makes ice way slower in the summer due to the heat AND you need more ice in the summer.
If they are lucky and don't do much business it may be enough ice.

But if they do need lots o ice the machine will work the piss out of it's self and break down often as well.
They also need to be cleaned more and the evaporator coil blown out often as they are always running.
You tube can show you how to clean your ice machine it will save you lots of money on repair bills and you will have clean ice.
Did you know there is such a thing as "cold mold" it's black and gross and in most ice machines in restaurants bars and can make you sick.

Ice machines put out lots of heat so we would fill our ice bins in the evening when closed in the summer so the machine would run at night and heat up the place when we were not there.
Now in the winter you want it to heat up the place so you fill the bins in the morning when you get there so the ice machine does heat up the place.

Also ask the guys who work on fix equipment what to buy they know as they fix all brands and know the stuff that works and the stuff that sucks.
Again you tube has clips on good and bad equipment check there and you will see why Samsung washing machines suck and Samsung knows about the problem they build into their stuff.

And that's just ice machine info.

Ask people who are or were in the business many questions they can save you tons of time and money sometimes.

[ Edited by: tikiskip 2019-01-28 05:08 ]