Guides
Repair guides for Rancho Santa Fe owners
No pitch and no urgency: what the fault usually is, what it costs to be wrong about it, and when it is genuinely worth calling someone.
Refrigeration left running in a closed-up house: what actually fails
Not the compressor.
Undercounter and drawer refrigeration: the heat problem
An undercounter refrigerator, a beverage cabinet or a pair of refrigerator drawers that drifts warm has an air problem far more often than a refrigeration one.
Cleaning an ice maker without breaking the mold
Switch it off, let the ice melt at its own pace, wash the bin in warm water with a little dish soap and dry it completely before it goes back, then wipe the mold and…
Appliance down in Rancho Santa Fe?
Tell us the brand and what it is doing — we can usually name the likely repair before we arrive.