AC Repair in Franklin, TN
Air conditioners here run from May through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Williamson County will get in touch.
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Five months of Franklin summer wears an AC down fast
Your air conditioner runs from May through September here, and on the afternoons that hit 88°F it doesn't get a break. The compressor is working hardest right when the day is hottest, and that long, steady load is what wears it down. A capacitor weakens, or the compressor starts struggling to hold up, and you notice the air coming from the vents isn't as cold as it used to be, or the unit runs longer to get the house to temperature.
Williamson County has also seen 60 hail events and 205 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Your outdoor unit sits outside through all of it. Hail can dent or crack the fins on the condenser coil, and wind can drive debris into the cabinet or knock it off level. Either one shows up as reduced airflow or a system that suddenly sounds different than it used to.
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 88°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 60 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 205 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 Williamson County home.
Estimates for a typical Williamson County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Tennessee 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.
- Why is my AC not blowing cold air?
- Most of the time the filter is clogged and starving the system of airflow, or the refrigerant is low from a leak. A dirty filter forces the coil to work harder until it ices over, and once that happens the air coming out turns warm or weak. Low refrigerant almost always means a leak somewhere in the line set or coil, not normal usage, since the system is sealed and does not consume it. A contractor can check airflow and refrigerant levels to find which one it is.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- The drain line that carries condensation away from the indoor unit is probably clogged or disconnected. Algae and dust build up inside that line over a cooling season and block it, so the water backs up and finds another way out, often through the ceiling or around the unit itself. A frozen coil that then thaws can cause the same kind of overflow, especially after a spell of heavy use in the heat here. Either way the fix is at the drain line or the coil, and a contractor can tell which by looking at the unit.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat and the breaker before assuming the worst. A dead thermostat battery or a tripped breaker will stop the system cold and both are easy to check yourself. If those are fine, the capacitor that starts the compressor and fan motor may have failed, which is a common reason a unit goes completely silent. With 205 damaging wind events here over the past ten years, a power surge during a storm is also a real possibility worth mentioning to whoever comes to look at it.