Refrigeration Services Electrical · Melbourne
Refrigeration Electrical for Retail, Where Downtime Isn't an Option.
Supermarket. Liquor. Petrol. Maintained.
ACE Electrics delivers specialised refrigeration electrical for the commercial retail industry — supermarket, liquor and petrol chains. Refrigeration is a retailer's biggest energy cost and biggest risk, so we commission thoroughly and work methodically on site — protecting stock, uptime and trading.
Capability
What We Deliver
RSSB Manufacture & Replacement
Refrigeration services switchboards, built in-house.
Refrigeration Controls & DDC
Rack, case and plant control.
VSD Supply & Installation
Variable speed drives for condenser fans and compressor capacity control.
New Installations
Greenfield stores and fitouts.
Refurbishments
Live-trading store upgrades.
Plant Upgrades
Compressor racks and condensers.
Breakdown & Scheduled Maintenance
Responsive support and planned servicing.
Why Does Refrigeration Need a Specialist Electrical Contractor?
Refrigeration needs a specialist because the cost of getting it wrong is stock on the floor — lost product and a closed aisle. Refrigeration runs around the clock, often in a trading store, so the work demands disciplined commissioning, careful staging in live stores, and people who understand refrigeration plant — not general electricians learning on your site.
Can You Work on a Supermarket Without Shutting It Down?
Usually, with staging. We regularly work in live trading stores, planning isolations and cutovers around trading hours and refrigeration loads so refrigeration stays up while we change over. Where a shutdown or temporary operating constraint is unavoidable, we identify it before work starts.
Controls and Energy
In a supermarket, refrigeration is typically the single biggest energy load, so the controls matter. We install and integrate refrigeration controls and DDC — built to suit the platform specified on the project (Copeland, Danfoss, RDM and others), with rack, case and plant monitoring — and variable speed drives (VSDs) that match condenser-fan and compressor capacity to demand. Tied into a building management system, that's visibility over the most expensive, most critical plant in the store.
Switchboards Built In-House
We manufacture refrigeration services switchboards (RSSBs) in-house — custom-built, tested to the relevant Australian Standards, and replaced to suit a trading store's constraints. Building our own boards means we control quality and lead time on the most critical board in the building.
Trusted by National Retail.
Supermarket, liquor and petrol chains — rollouts, refurbishments and plant upgrades.
Refrigeration Electrical — Frequently Asked
Do you work on live supermarkets without shutting them down?
Usually, with staging — most refrigeration work is in trading stores. We plan isolations and cutovers around trading hours and refrigeration loads, and flag any unavoidable shutdown before work starts.
Do you build refrigeration services switchboards (RSSBs)?
Yes — RSSBs are manufactured in-house, custom-built and tested to the relevant Australian Standards, and replaced to suit a trading store's constraints.
Do you handle refrigeration controls and DDC?
Yes — rack, case and plant controls, with integration into a wider building management system where required.
Do you offer breakdown response for refrigeration?
Yes — breakdown response plus scheduled preventative maintenance, because refrigeration downtime means stock loss.
Which retail clients do you work with?
National supermarket, liquor and petrol chains.
Can refrigeration controls reduce energy use?
They can — VSDs and well-tuned controls match plant output to demand, reducing what is usually a supermarket's single biggest energy load.
Keep Your Refrigeration Running.
New store, refurbishment or a plant problem — send us the scope and we'll protect your uptime.
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