****Fantastic chiller for use in domestic or commercial application****
- Net Volume (L): 330L
- Temperature Range: 2°C ~ 8°C
- 220Watt/10Amp
- Product dimensions: 1350mm (W) x 530mm (D) x 835mm (H)
- Net Weight: 78kg
2 Years of Parts and Labour warranty + 2 years of parts warranty on compressors and evaporators
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Commercial grade equipment often have lower warranties. It's frustrating. More so because they are often way more expensive than similar consumer grade products that have 10 year warranties etc.
For cheaper commercial stuff, 2+2 isn't terrible.
The difference is in the build quality, better/more accurate temperature control to food safety standards, potentially more stringent MEPS approval thresholds (not fact checked), and efficiency. The compressor is probably the same/similar between domestic and commercial refrigeration. You get longer compressor warranties on domestic because unlike fridges in commercial settings, you're not going to be opening and closing the fridge a a few times every minute of every day which makes the compressor take an absolute beating.
Source: used to work for a commercial/hospitality equipment manufacturer and retailer
edit: grammar
Seems silly that they wouldn't adapt the equipment for the more rigorous task, especially when reliability is critical in hospitality settings for preserving expensive foodstuffs, it's not like commercial equipment is cheaper.
There are ways they make it more efficient (in this case using r600a instead of r134a refrigerant generally used in domestic refrigeration). Can you get better quality compressors? yes. would most commercial establishments be willing to spend thousands more upfront rather than spreading cash flow on the off chance the compressor blows out? not likely. Commercial equipment also gets regularly serviced (or at least it should based on service schedules) which greatly reduces compressor issues and prolongs the life of the equipment. Any good restaurant/hospitality establishment will ensure their equipment that they so desperately rely on is well taken care of and is serviced accordingly.
Secondly, a "better" compressor can also run into space issues, noise (you don't want a giant compressor noisily humming in a restaurant/bar), heat generation. Physics gets in the way and for practical purposes, compromises need to be made.
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2yr compressor warranty on supposedly commercial grade equipment doesn't seem too crash hot when most consumer grade fridges offer 10yr.