True TSSU-72-30M-B-ST restaurant sandwich fridge

[Tim M]

  I'm at a restaurant and the owner wants me to cut a hole in the wall to vent his True TSSU-72-30M-B-ST.  It's one of those reach in firdges on casters that the top opens to make sandwiches.  He had another repair guy here because the thing wasn't cooling because it was pressed back against the wall.  The fridge was warm and the compressor/coils were red hot.  That guy told him to cut a hole through the wall and the stainless steel covering the wall into the dining area to allow for ventilation.  It draws air fine through the open left side, but none would vent out the back if it were pushed against wall.

Rather than vent the heat and noise into the dining area, and have a hole in a perfectly good wall, that would have to be moved if another brand of fridge were put in, I'm advocating just putting a block in to space the unit out from the wall.

The other repair guy has a LOT more experience than I do with this, but I still am hesitant to cut the hole and hoping he was just covering his back.

What do you think?

Tim

[Tim M]

Manual Here:

http://www.truemfg.com/pdf/InstallManuals/TPP_TSSU_TUC_TWT/tuc_english.pdf

[RegUS_PatOff]

(also answered in Kitchen Appliances)

I'd leave it (could always cut the hole some other day)

besides the heat from the Cooler, there may also be noise into the Dining Room

The block/brick/4x4 wood should be OK

[Samurai Appliance Repair Man]

I would not go cutting holes in walls (opening yourself up for an insurance claim or a lawsuit) unless you have experience that informs you that this will absolutely solve the problem. You can't trust another servicer's diagnosis when you're getting it second hand thru the customer!