AC Repair in Georgetown, KY
Air conditioners here run from June through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Scott County will get in touch.
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Four months of real heat, every year
Georgetown asks a lot of an air conditioner from June through September. Afternoons averaging 85°F mean the system runs hard for four straight months, then sits unused the rest of the year. That kind of start and stop schedule wears on the capacitor and the contactor, the parts that kick the compressor on each time it cycles.
Scott County has also logged 65 damaging wind events and 6 hail storms over the past ten years. Wind can rock an outdoor unit on its pad or throw debris into the coil. Hail up to an inch has come through too, enough to bend coil fins or dent a thin fan blade. When that happens, the air coming out just doesn't feel as cold, or the unit runs longer than it used to trying to keep up.
- 4 months
- June through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 85°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 6 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 65 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 Scott County home.
Estimates for a typical Scott 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 covers the contractor, not the job. That means the person or company is on record with the state, tested and accountable for the work they take on, but the license itself does not sign off on any single repair.
For a repair like this, that license is what stands behind the person in your driveway. If the work means opening the refrigerant lines, which most air conditioner repairs do, the technician also needs to hold EPA Section 608 certification, the same rule that applies in every state. Kentucky's license tells you the contractor is accountable. The federal certification tells you the person touching the refrigerant is qualified to do it.
Sources: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction
- Why is my AC not blowing cold air?
- The most common reason is a dirty air filter choking off airflow, or the refrigerant level running low from a leak somewhere in the line. A dirty filter you can check yourself. A refrigerant leak needs a licensed contractor, since it means opening the sealed refrigerant side of the system, and federal law requires EPA Section 608 certification to do that. If the outdoor unit is running but the air inside is only lukewarm, that points more toward refrigerant than airflow.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- Usually the drain line has clogged, and water that should run outside is backing up into the house instead. It can also mean the coil has frozen over and is now melting, which happens when airflow is restricted or refrigerant is low. Either way the fix means finding out which of those it is, and that's a job for a licensed contractor. Kentucky requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license to do this kind of repair.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat and the breaker. Check that the thermostat is set to cool and below the room temperature, and check the breaker hasn't tripped. If both look fine and the unit still won't start, the problem is likely electrical inside the system itself, something a contractor licensed by the state needs to diagnose.