Is your fridge heatwave-ready, or one hot service away from trouble?
Use Craven’s own troubleshooting thresholds to pressure-test the room temperature, cabinet reading, clearance and maintenance state before the first busy heatwave shift.
01 / Pick the equipment
The heat brief changes by machine type. Ice machines get the Craven ice-guide output warning; cabinets get temperature and airflow pressure.
02 / Heat stress factors
These are staff-observable checks from the site’s troubleshooting logic. The score is a visitor-owned triage score, not a regulation or engineering certificate.
Heatwave verdict
Service soonAt 28°C, this is already in Craven’s heat-stress band for refrigeration. Improve airflow, clean the condenser and watch whether it can still hold target.
Live thermometers and monitoring
Category 3751 helps you prove whether the cabinet is holding through the hottest service.
Heatwave service brief
Copy or print this before calling. It gives Craven the room temperature, holding state, clearance and staff actions in one pass.
Both buttons open your own email app with the heatwave brief already written to the Craven team. Add your address to get a copy back — nothing sends until you press send.
This checker is a heatwave triage tool. It does not replace a site survey, data-plate climate class check, temperature log, F-Gas work or electrical diagnosis.
Grounding
- Craven’s commercial fridge troubleshooter says that in a 28°C+ kitchen the fridge works 50% harder and may be unable to hold 2°C.
- The same guide says most units want 10-15cm minimum clearance around vents, and heat sources should be moved away where possible.
- Craven’s ice machine troubleshooting warns that above roughly 32°C ambient, many ice machines slow down or cut out.
- Craven’s ice sizing calculator notes that outputs are rated around 21°C ambient, a 30°C air-cooled machine can lose 30% output, and warm sites get a 25% sizing uplift.
- Live rails use Store API categories 3751, 3945, 765, 740, 719, 807 and 886.