AC Repair in Troy, MO
Air conditioners here run from May through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Lincoln County will get in touch.
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Five months of Troy summers, hard on the system
Your air conditioner works May through September here, and on afternoons that average 86°F it runs long stretches at a time to keep up. That kind of steady demand wears on the compressor and the capacitor that helps start it, since those parts carry the load every time the system cycles on.
Lincoln County has seen 18 hail events and 36 damaging wind events over the past ten years, with hail up to 2.5 inches. That kind of storm can bend the fins on your outdoor unit or knock the condenser out of alignment, and you may not notice until the system is short on airflow and struggling to cool the house.
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 86°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 18 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 36 wind events
- in ten years, and wind drives debris into outdoor units
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new air conditioner would save little on running costs in Lincoln County, so the repair decision comes down to the unit's condition.
Estimates for a typical Lincoln County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Missouri 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?
- The most common reason is a dirty air filter choking off airflow, so start there before anything else. A clogged filter starves the coil of air, and that coil can ice over and blow warm or barely-cool air until it thaws. Low refrigerant from a leak causes the same thing, and that's not something you can top off yourself. If the filter looks clean and air is moving but it just isn't cold, a contractor will need to check the refrigerant charge.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- Most of the time this is the condensate drain line, clogged with algae or dirt so the water backs up instead of draining outside. It can also mean the drain pan has rusted through, or the coil has iced over and is now melting and overflowing as it thaws. With summer highs here averaging 86°F, systems run long hours through the day, and that steady condensation is exactly what feeds an algae clog. Either way, water pooling near the indoor unit means it needs a look before it damages the floor or the unit itself.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Check the thermostat first, since dead batteries or a setting bumped off cool are the simplest explanation. After that, look at the breaker, since a tripped breaker will shut the whole system down with no warning. If the breaker is fine and the thermostat is calling for cooling but nothing happens, the problem is likely inside the unit, in the capacitor or the contactor, and that calls for a contractor to test it.