AC Repair in Douglasville, GA
Air conditioners here run from May through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Douglas County will get in touch.
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Five months of heat, every year, on your air conditioner
Douglasville asks a lot of an air conditioner. From May through September the afternoon average sits at 88°F, and your unit runs long hours to hold the house at temperature. That kind of run time wears on the compressor and the capacitor that helps start it. When the capacitor weakens, the outdoor unit hums but the fan does not turn, or the compressor won't kick on at all.
Douglas County has also logged 122 damaging wind events over the past ten years, along with hail up to an inch across. Wind-blown debris bends the thin fins on the outdoor coil, and hail can dent the cabinet or the fins alongside it. Bent fins block airflow across the coil, so the system works harder to move the same amount of heat and cools less as a result.
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 88°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 5 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 122 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 Douglas County home.
Estimates for a typical Douglas 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 license is held by the contractor, not issued per job, so it is the company or the qualifying agent behind it that the State Construction Industry Licensing Board has tested and put on record, not the specific repair happening at your house.
For an air conditioner repair, that state license is what stands behind the work here in Douglas County. If the repair involves opening the refrigerant side of the system, the technician doing that part also has to hold EPA Section 608 certification, a federal requirement that applies no matter which state you're in.
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 across the coil. When that happens the coil can ice up and stop doing its job, even though the blower is still pushing air. Low refrigerant from a leak causes the same thing and won't fix itself, since these systems don't use up refrigerant over time. A contractor can check the filter, the coil, and the refrigerant charge to find out which one it is.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- Your AC makes water as it cools the air, and that water is supposed to drain outside through the condensate line. If that line clogs with algae or dirt, the water backs up and drips inside instead, often near the indoor unit or through a ceiling if the unit is in an attic. A frozen coil can also cause a leak once it thaws and drips faster than the drain pan can handle. Either way, a contractor needs to clear the line or find what's freezing the coil.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Check the thermostat first, since a dead battery or a setting bumped to off will stop the whole system before it starts. If the thermostat looks right, a tripped breaker or a blown fuse at the outdoor unit is the next likely cause. Summer afternoons here average 88°F, and that kind of heat load can trip a breaker on a system that's already struggling. If power is getting to the unit and it still won't start, a contractor will need to check the capacitor and the compressor.