AC Repair in Frankfort, KY
Air conditioners here run from May through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Franklin County will get in touch.
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Five months of summer heat wears on your AC
From May through September your air conditioner is running most days, and Frankfort afternoons average 86°F through the summer. That kind of steady load adds up on the compressor and the fan motor, the parts that carry the work of moving heat out of the house hour after hour.
Franklin County has also seen its share of rough weather, with 51 damaging wind events and 11 hail events over the past ten years, one dropping hail 2 inches across. Wind can knock the outdoor unit around or drive debris into the coil and fins. Hail that size can dent the cabinet or bend the fins enough to block airflow. If your system is blowing warm air or struggling to keep up on a hot afternoon, it may be worn from the season's steady use or still carrying damage from a storm.
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 86°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 11 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 51 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 Franklin County home.
Estimates for a typical Franklin 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 state license comes from the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, and it belongs to the contractor, not to any single job. That means the same license covers this repair and every other job that contractor takes on, and the state has a record of who they are.
For an air conditioner repair, the license is the thing that stands behind the work in Kentucky. If the repair opens the refrigerant side of the system, the technician doing that part also needs EPA Section 608 certification, which is a federal requirement in every state and not something Kentucky's license replaces.
Sources: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction
- Why is my AC not blowing cold air?
- Most of the time it is low refrigerant from a leak, a dirty filter choking airflow, or a frozen evaporator coil. A thermostat set wrong or a failing compressor can cause the same thing. Only a licensed technician can check the refrigerant side legally, since that work requires EPA certification, so this is not a fix to guess at.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- The condensate drain line is probably clogged. Warm, humid air passing over the evaporator coil produces water constantly while the system runs, and that water needs a clear path out. A dirty filter can also cause the coil to freeze and then drip once it thaws, so check the filter first.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat batteries and the breaker before anything else. A tripped breaker, a blown fuse, or a switch on the outdoor unit that got bumped off will all keep the system from starting. If those check out, the problem is likely inside the unit and needs a contractor to diagnose.