Heat Pump Repair in Camden, SC
Homes here need heat from November through March and cooling from May through September. If your system quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Kershaw County will get in touch.
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Camden asks a lot of a heat pump
Your heat pump runs ten months a year here, heat from November through March and cooling from May through September. That is most of the year with the system cycling on and off to hold the house steady.
Winter nights averaging 34°F mean the outdoor unit is pulling heat from cold air most of the winter, and summer afternoons near 90°F push it just as hard the other direction. Most homes here heat with electricity, so when the heat pump falters, there is no furnace to fall back on. Kershaw County has seen 116 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and storms like that knock out power and leave debris around outdoor units. Close to half of South Carolina households lost power for a day or more in 2024, and a heat pump that comes back on wrong after an outage may not run at all.
- 5 months
- November through March, your system heats
- 5 months
- May through September, it cools
- 34°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 90°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
- Why is my heat pump blowing cold air?
- In heating mode, a heat pump puts out air that feels cool next to your skin even when it's working right, because the air is warm compared to outside but still cooler than your body. If the air is truly cold with no warmth to it at all, check that the thermostat is set to heat and not fan only. Fan only mode just moves room air without running the system. When neither explains it, the reversing valve may be stuck in cooling mode, and that's a repair for a contractor to diagnose.
- Why is there ice on my heat pump?
- Some frost on the outdoor unit during cold weather is normal, and the system defrosts itself on a timer by briefly running in reverse. A heavy coating of ice that doesn't clear, or ice that builds up fast, points to a problem such as low refrigerant, a failing defrost control, or an outdoor fan that isn't spinning. With winter nights here averaging 34°F, your unit is defrosting often through the cold months, so a defrost cycle that stops working shows up quickly as ice. Don't chip at the ice yourself. Call a contractor to check the defrost board and refrigerant charge.
- Why is my heat pump running but not cooling?
- The unit running without cooling the house usually comes down to a dirty filter blocking airflow, an iced-up outdoor coil, low refrigerant, or a compressor that isn't working. Start with the filter. That's the one thing worth checking yourself before anything else. With summer afternoons here reaching 90°F, a system that's already struggling to keep up will fall further behind fast, so it's worth having a contractor look at it soon rather than waiting it out.