Diagnostic guides

Work out what is wrong before you pay anyone

Written from calls in Phoenix. Each one goes through the checks in the order a technician would, and says plainly where the DIY part ends. If a guide saves you the visit, that is a good outcome.

• Refrigerator Repair Oct 2026 · 5 min read · Abel Strandberg Sub-Zero Refrigerator Auto Mode: How the Drawer Setting Works Sub-Zero Auto Mode holds the refrigerator drawers 2° colder than the main refrigerator setpoint, never below 34°F, on Classic (CL) and Designer (DET, DEC) models. Here is when to use Manual Mode instead and how to check the readings.
• Refrigerator Repair Jul 2026 · 5 min read · Abel Strandberg Farm Dust and a Warm Fresh-Food Side: The Laveen Sub-Zero Condenser Service Interval A Laveen Sub-Zero with a warm fresh-food side and a busy-sounding compressor is usually a condenser matted with farm and construction dust, not a failed part. Here is the service interval that address needs and where the homeowner job ends.
• Ice Maker Repair Jun 2026 · 4 min read · Abel Strandberg Sub-Zero ice maker stopped in a Phoenix heat wave: water, scale or the module? Phoenix water is hard and a clear-ice module is the most water-sensitive thing in the kitchen. This walks through the checks in order — supply, filter, fill volume, mould and sensors — so you can tell a plumbing problem from a machine problem before you call.
• Refrigerator Repair May 2026 · 4 min read · Abel Strandberg Sub-Zero fresh food warm but the freezer still frozen: what that split means A Sub-Zero built-in whose refrigerator side sits near fifty while the freezer stays rock hard is telling you something specific. Here is what the split rules out, what to check in a Phoenix kitchen before calling, and where the diagnosis needs gauges.