HVAC Repair in Goose Creek, SC
Homes here need heat from November through March and cooling from May through October. If your system quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Berkeley County will get in touch.
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Eleven months of work, most of it in the heat
Your system in Goose Creek runs almost year round, heat from November through March and cooling from May through October. Only one month goes by without either one running. That means the compressor and the heat strip both put in long hours, and neither gets much rest between seasons.
Summer afternoons average 91°F, and a compressor pushed that hard for six months wears down its contacts and its capacitor faster than it would somewhere milder. Winter nights average 38°F, cold enough that the heat strip or heat pump has to work but not cold enough to make you think about it much, so a struggling system can go unnoticed until a hard freeze finds it. Add in the wind that comes through Berkeley County, and a unit that loses power in a storm needs someone to check it before you trust it to run the next stretch of hot or cold days.
- 5 months
- November through March, your system heats
- 6 months
- May through October, it cools
- 38°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 91°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
- Why is my heat not working?
- Most often the thermostat is set wrong, a breaker has tripped, or a filter is so clogged the furnace shut itself down to protect the heat exchanger. Check the thermostat is set to heat and the temperature is actually above room temperature. Look at the breaker panel and the filter next. If those are fine, the igniter or flame sensor is a common failure point and that needs a contractor to test.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- The system is moving air but not removing heat from it, which usually points to the outdoor unit, the refrigerant charge, or airflow through the coil. A dirty filter or a coil coated in dirt cuts off the airflow the system needs to do its job. Check the filter first since that's the one thing you can fix yourself. If the outdoor unit's fan isn't spinning or the coil is frozen over, that's a contractor visit.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat settings and batteries first, then the breaker panel, then the filter. A tripped breaker or a dead thermostat battery looks exactly like a broken system but takes a minute to rule out. If the outdoor unit has a shutoff switch nearby, make sure it hasn't been bumped off. Past that, a contractor will need to look at the equipment itself to find the actual problem.