AC Repair in Carrollton, GA
Air conditioners here run from May through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Carroll County will get in touch.
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Five months of Georgia heat wears on your system
Your air conditioner runs from May through September here, with summer afternoons averaging 88°F. That is five straight months of the compressor cycling on and off most of the day to keep the house comfortable.
That kind of steady demand wears on the run capacitor and the contactor, the parts that get the compressor started and keep it running. When one of them gives out, the unit either won't start at all or the outside fan runs while the air inside stays warm. Carroll County has also seen 87 damaging wind events and 7 hail storms over the past ten years, one with hail up to 1.75 inches. A storm like that can bend the fins on the condenser coil outside, and the system ends up working harder just to move the same amount of heat.
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 88°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 7 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 87 wind events
- in ten years, and wind drives debris into outdoor units
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new air conditioner would cut about $40 a year off cooling for a typical Carroll County home.
Estimates for a typical Carroll County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Georgia 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.
Georgia requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The State Construction Industry Licensing Board is the body that tests and keeps records on these contractors. The license belongs to the contractor, not to any one job, so the same license that covers a repair down the street covers the one in your house.
For an air conditioner repair, that license is what stands behind the person doing the work. If the job opens the refrigerant side of the system, the technician also has to hold EPA Section 608 certification, a federal rule that applies no matter what state you're in. Between the two, you have a contractor the state has tested and a technician certified to handle refrigerant without venting it into the air.
Source: Georgia Secretary of State
- Why is my AC not blowing cold air?
- The most common cause is a dirty air filter choking off airflow, so check that first. A clogged filter starves the coil of air and can cause it to freeze over, which blows warm or weak air until it thaws. Low refrigerant from a leak is another common cause, and that will need a contractor to find the leak and repair it. If the outdoor unit isn't running at all while the indoor blower is, the problem is usually electrical or the compressor itself.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- Most often the condensate drain line is clogged, and water backs up instead of draining outside. Algae and dirt build up inside that line over a cooling season and block it. A frozen evaporator coil will also cause a leak once it thaws, so if the system was blowing weak air before you noticed water, that's likely the cause. Either way, the drain line or the coil needs to be checked before the leak damages anything nearby.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat. Check that it's set to cool, the temperature is below room temperature, and it has power, since a dead thermostat battery is a common and easy fix. If the thermostat looks fine, check the breaker panel, since a tripped breaker will cut power to the whole system. If the breaker keeps tripping when you reset it, stop and have a contractor look at it, since that usually points to an electrical fault rather than something you should keep resetting.