Commercial Fridge Vs Domestic Fridge?

Commercial fridges are usually a lot bigger than domestic ones. That’s because the amount of foods and stocks handled in the commercial kitchen are a lot more than that in our home kitchen. So, if you shop for one needed in your shop kitchen at Binglee, Jb Hi fi, you wouldn’t be able to find what you need. Commercial fridges are available in wide ranges of shapes and sizes. Models like FRESH FNB-48BG Back Bar 2 Glass Door frdiges are ideal for bars, restaurants and hotels. Its size varies with models with the number of doors. 1 door undercounter provide about 100 litre capacity while 4 doors in the same form can can supply about whopping 1000 litre. If we go over to upright reach in fridges, the capacity will increase to about 1500 litres. For this capacity, you can’t find any equivalent from domestic ranges Samsung or LG

Also, it’s not just a size and capacity that differenciate commercial fridges from domestic ones. In terms of cooling capacity, commercial ones tend more often to cool down temperature a lot quicker than household fridges. In a commercial kitchen setting, food and ingreident turns over a lot quicker. So, Frequently and constantly, new room-temperatured stocks go in the fridges and need to be cooled qucik enough to serve more dishes immediately. All the major components of refrigeration system such as compressor, evaporator, condenser and etc. for commercial fridges are bigger and more powerful than those for domestic ones. So, commercial chiller can make strocks cool down quicker. However, when it comes to level of noise, commercial fridges are noisier than domestic counterparts. So, if you use commercial fridges for the first time, don’t panic if you hear some noise from your fridge.

Commercial fridges are more powerful and larger than their domestic counterparts. They are often able to handel harsh environment such as warm ambient temperature and high humidity as well as frequent openings of doors. If you use your home fridges like commercial ones, your home fridges will soom break down. This is unusual in most homes as we don’t open fridge doors that often.

You can test your home fridge to see if it is commerecial grade or not by opening door 500 times a day and how long it is going to last before it stops working 🙂

When it comes to energy efficiency, commercial fridges can’t be as efficient as domestic fridges. As mentioned above, all the electrical compartments for commercial fridges are bigger and more powerful. In other words, commercial fridges demand more electricity to run quicker on demand. Nevertheless, energy efficiency of different brands and models varies so when you shop around for your needed fridge, please ask your supplier or dealer to provide that information for comparison.

With domestic fridges, energy efficiency varies largely across brands and price ranges even though they are likely to be better than commercial equivalents.

For commercial fridges and freezers, industry standard warranty term is usually 2 years in Australia. For your information, the standard in the US is 3 years. However, the warranty terms also vary with different brands or models. So, please check this with your seller when you discuss your appliances with them. Tip! You can also ask if there is any extended warranty provided. Some suppliers are keen on providing extended warranty for their products with little more extra spent on your purchase with them.

For domestic refrigerators, the warranty term is also 2 years on average but it only applies to the condition of that a fridge is used at home only.

Please try learning how refrigeration works if you use fridge in your life. If you don’t know how it works, when it comes to repairing your own fridge, it will cost you a fortune to carry on. However, if you know even basic concept of it, it will help you with maintaining it well and thus saving a lot at the end. I come across a good video to understand the logic behine refrigeration on Youtube. I hope it would help you understand how it works

As always, if you have any question or topic to discuss, feel free to comment below

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