AC Repair in Greenwood, SC
Air conditioners here run from May through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Greenwood County will get in touch.
Tell us about the job
It takes about a minute.
Five months of South Carolina heat wears on your AC
From May through September, your air conditioner is running most days, working against afternoons near 90°F. That kind of stretch doesn't let up, and the compressor and the fan motor carry that load the whole time. When one of them is starting to fail, you'll notice the air isn't as cold as it should be, or the unit runs and runs without catching up.
Greenwood County has also seen 53 damaging wind events and 8 hail storms over the past ten years, with hail up to 1.75 inches. Wind can knock the outdoor unit's cabinet loose or bend the fan around it, and hail that size can dent the coil fins on the condenser. Either one shows up as an AC that's noisier than usual or one that's stopped cooling the house at all.
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 90°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 8 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 53 wind events
- in ten years, and wind drives debris into outdoor units
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new air conditioner would cut about $60 a year off cooling for a typical Greenwood County home.
Estimates for a typical Greenwood 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?
- The most common cause is a dirty air filter choking off airflow, so check that first since it's the easiest to fix. A refrigerant leak will also cause this, and it won't get better on its own since the system doesn't use up refrigerant, it just leaks out. With summer afternoons here averaging 90°F, a system low on refrigerant will struggle hard to keep up. If the filter looks fine, a contractor will need to check refrigerant levels and the coil.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- Usually the drain line has clogged with algae or dirt and the water is backing up instead of draining outside. It can also mean the coil has frozen and is now melting, which points to weak airflow or low refrigerant. A dirty air filter is often behind a frozen coil, so that's worth checking before anything else. If the line is clear and the filter is clean, a contractor will need to look at the coil itself.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat. Check that it has power and is set to cool with the temperature below the room's current reading. If the thermostat looks right, check the breaker, since a tripped breaker will shut the whole system down. Greenwood has seen 53 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and outages or power surges from storms like these can trip a breaker or trigger a safety switch on the unit. If the breaker is fine and the thermostat is set correctly, a contractor will need to check the unit itself.