A receiver of a cooling unit includes a cylindrical body having a cylindrical wall that defines an interior chamber, a bottom wall formed with the cylindrical wall, and a top wall formed with the cylindrical wall. The receiver further includes an inlet provided in the cylindrical body, an outlet provided in the cylindrical body, a heater well disposed within the cylindrical body, and a heater positioned in the heater well to selectively heat a heat transfer fluid contained within the interior chamber of the cylindrical body. The heater well can be configured to extend from the top wall to adjacent the bottom wall along an axis that is coaxial with an axis of the cylindrical wall of the cylindrical body or extend horizontally adjacent the bottom wall of the cylindrical body.