AC Repair in Madisonville, KY
Air conditioners here run from May through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Hopkins County will get in touch.
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Five months of hard running in Madisonville heat
Your air conditioner works May through September here, with summer afternoons averaging 87°F. That is five straight months of long run times, and the compressor and the fan motor carry that load every one of those days.
Hopkins County has also seen 68 damaging wind events and 19 hail storms over the past ten years, with hail up to 1.75 inches. Wind drives debris into the outdoor unit's coil and fins, and hail can dent the cabinet or bend the fins enough to block airflow. If your system is cooling poorly or not keeping up on the hottest afternoons, either kind of wear could be the reason.
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 87°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 19 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 68 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 Hopkins County home.
Estimates for a typical Hopkins 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.
Kentucky licenses HVAC contractors through the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction. That license belongs to the contractor, not the job, so the same license covers your air conditioner without any separate approval for this repair.
For this job, that license is what stands behind the person working on your system. If the repair means opening the refrigerant side of your air conditioner, the technician also has to hold EPA Section 608 certification, a federal requirement in every state, on top of the state license.
Sources: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction
- Why is my AC not blowing cold air?
- Most of the time the refrigerant charge is low, usually from a leak somewhere in the line set or coil. A dirty filter can also cause this, since it starves the coil of airflow and lets it ice over, and once it's iced up you'll get warm air until it thaws. A contractor can check the charge and pressures, but that means opening the refrigerant side of the system, which by federal law takes EPA Section 608 certification.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- Water around your unit usually means the condensate drain line is clogged or the pan is cracked. Algae and dirt build up inside that line over a cooling season and block the water from draining outside like it should. It can also mean the coil has iced over and is now melting and overflowing the pan, which points back to low refrigerant or weak airflow. Either way it needs a look before it damages the floor or the unit sits in standing water.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with your thermostat batteries and your breaker panel, since both are common and easy to check yourself. If the breaker keeps tripping once you reset it, don't keep resetting it, that usually means a real electrical fault in the system. A blown capacitor or a failed contactor are common reasons the outdoor unit won't start even when the thermostat is calling for cooling, and those are jobs for a licensed contractor to diagnose.