AC Repair in Elizabethtown, KY
Air conditioners here run from May through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Hardin County will get in touch.
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Five months of Kentucky heat, every year
Your air conditioner works from May through September here, and on the afternoons that hit 86°F it runs long stretches just to hold the house steady. That kind of running time wears on the capacitor and the compressor, the parts that carry the load every time the system cycles on.
Hardin County has also logged 32 hail events and 74 damaging wind events over the past ten years, with hail up to 2.75 inches. A storm like that can bend the fins on the outdoor coil or knock the unit out of alignment, and the system won't cool the way it did before, even if it still turns on.
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 86°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 32 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 74 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 Hardin County home.
Estimates for a typical Hardin County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Kentucky 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.
Kentucky requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The license comes from the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, and it is tied to the contractor rather than to any single job the contractor takes on.
For this repair, that license is what stands behind the company doing the work. The refrigerant side of your air conditioner falls under a separate federal rule that applies everywhere in the country. Anyone who opens the refrigerant lines to repair it has to hold EPA Section 608 certification, Kentucky included.
Sources: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction
- Why is my AC not blowing cold air?
- Most often the filter is clogged and starving the system of airflow, or the refrigerant level is low from a leak. A dirty outdoor unit can cause the same thing, since the coil out there needs open airflow to release the heat pulled from your house. If the air coming out is warm rather than just weak, a contractor will need to check the refrigerant charge, and that means someone with EPA 608 certification, since that work means opening the refrigerant side of the system.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- The drain line that carries condensation away from your indoor unit is probably clogged. Your AC pulls a lot of moisture out of the air on a day near 86 degrees, and that water has to go somewhere. If the line backs up, water can back up into the unit or drip from it instead of draining outside. A frozen evaporator coil that then thaws can cause the same kind of puddle, so the fix depends on which of the two it is.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat and the breaker before assuming the worst. Check that the thermostat is set to cool and below room temperature, and check the breaker for the outdoor unit hasn't tripped. If both look fine, the problem is likely electrical inside the unit itself, a failed capacitor or contactor being common causes, and that's a repair for a licensed contractor. Kentucky requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license for this kind of work.