AC Repair in Lenoir City, TN
Air conditioners here run from May through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Loudon County will get in touch.
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Five months of Tennessee heat wears an air conditioner down
Your air conditioner runs from May through September here, and summer afternoons average 87°F. That is five months of the compressor cycling on and off most of the day to keep up.
Loudon County also sees its share of hard weather. Ten years of storm records show 9 hail events and 60 damaging wind events. Hail can dent or crack the fins on your outdoor unit, and high wind can knock debris into it or twist the panels around the fan. If your air conditioner is blowing warm air or the outdoor unit sounds different than it used to, that kind of damage is worth ruling out.
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 87°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 9 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 60 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 Loudon County home.
Estimates for a typical Loudon 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 often the filter is clogged and it is starving the system of airflow, or the refrigerant is low from a leak. A dirty filter can ice up the coil, and once that happens the air coming out will feel warm even though the system is running. Check the filter first since that is the one thing you can rule out yourself. If it is clean, a contractor will need to check refrigerant levels and look for a leak.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- The drain line that carries condensation away from the indoor coil is probably clogged or the pan underneath has cracked. Central air conditioners pull moisture out of the air as they cool it, and that water has to drain somewhere. When the line backs up, the water has nowhere to go but out of the unit. A contractor can clear the line or replace the pan depending on what they find.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat batteries and the breaker before assuming the worst. A tripped breaker, a dead thermostat, or a switch that got bumped off are all common causes and easy to check yourself. If power is reaching the unit and it still will not start, the capacitor or the contactor may have failed, and that calls for a contractor. Storms in this area bring wind and hail often enough that it is also worth checking the outdoor unit for damage after a bad one.