AC Repair in Anderson, SC
Air conditioners here run from May through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Anderson County will get in touch.
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Five months of hard running in Anderson heat
From May through September your air conditioner is working almost every day, and on a lot of those afternoons it is pushing against 89°F. That kind of steady load falls hardest on the compressor and the fan motor, the parts that run the whole time the system is on. When one of them starts to wear out, you notice it as warm air coming from the vents, or the outdoor unit running but not keeping up.
Anderson County also sees its share of hail and wind, 33 hail events and 111 damaging wind events over the past ten years, with hail up to 1.75 inches recorded. That is enough to bend the fins on an outdoor coil or knock debris into the unit, and either one can cut into how well it cools.
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 89°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 33 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 111 wind events
- in ten years, and wind drives debris into outdoor units
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new air conditioner would cut about $50 a year off cooling for a typical Anderson County home.
Estimates for a typical Anderson County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, South Carolina fuel prices and NOAA climate normals. Your home will differ.
Repair makes sense when a part like a capacitor or contactor has failed.
Replacement makes sense when the compressor has failed or the system uses R-22 refrigerant, which is no longer made.
- Why is my AC not blowing cold air?
- Most of the time the filter is clogged enough to choke off airflow, or the outdoor unit is dirty and can't release the heat it's pulling from the house. Low refrigerant from a leak is another common cause, and that one won't fix itself, it needs a contractor to find the leak and repair it. With summer afternoons here running around 89°F, a unit that's low on refrigerant or short on airflow will struggle to keep up most days.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- The drain line that carries condensation away from your indoor unit is probably clogged. Algae and dust build up inside that line over time and eventually block it, so the water backs up and finds another way out. A frozen evaporator coil can cause the same thing when it thaws and produces more water than the drain pan can handle. Either way, a contractor needs to clear the line or find out why the coil froze.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Check your thermostat first, a dead battery or a setting bumped off cool will stop the system cold. If the thermostat looks fine, a tripped breaker or a blown fuse at the outdoor unit is the next likely spot. Anderson sees its share of hail and high wind, and a storm strong enough to trip a breaker can also damage the outdoor unit itself, so if the breaker keeps tripping, have a contractor check the unit before resetting it again.