AC Repair in Morristown, TN
Air conditioners here run from May through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Hamblen County will get in touch.
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Five months of summer heat adds up fast
Your AC runs from May through September in Morristown, and on afternoons that average 86°F, it doesn't get much of a break. That kind of steady demand wears on the parts that keep the system running, especially the capacitor and the compressor.
Hamblen County also sees its share of rough weather. Ten years of storm records show 59 damaging wind events and a few hail storms, one dropping stones over an inch wide. Wind can knock debris into the outdoor unit or rattle it loose from its mounts, and hail can dent the fins that let it release heat. When the fins are crushed or the unit's been jarred, it has to work harder to cool the same air, and you'll notice the house taking longer to cool down or not getting as cold as it used to.
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 86°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 3 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 59 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 Hamblen County home.
Estimates for a typical Hamblen 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 this is low refrigerant from a leak, a dirty air filter choking airflow, or a compressor that's failing. Check the filter first since that's the easy fix. If the air coming out is warm and the filter is clean, the system likely needs a technician to check refrigerant levels and the compressor before it puts more strain on itself running through the rest of a Morristown summer.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- The condensate drain line is probably clogged, which backs water up until it overflows the pan. A frozen evaporator coil that's now thawing can also cause it, usually from restricted airflow or low refrigerant. Either way, shut the system off until someone can clear the line or find what's causing the freeze up.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat. Check that it's set to cool and the temperature is actually below the room temperature, and check the batteries if it has a screen that looks dim. If the thermostat is fine, check the breaker, since a tripped breaker is common and cuts power to the whole unit. Storms are hard on outdoor units, and Morristown has seen 59 damaging wind events over the past ten years, so a breaker that trips after a storm may point to something a contractor needs to look at rather than reset.