AC Repair in Jasper, AL
Air conditioners here run from May through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Walker County will get in touch.
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Five months of Jasper heat wears on your AC
Your air conditioner works May through September here, five months straight, with afternoons averaging 90°F. That is a long stretch of the compressor running hard, day after day, to keep the house at temperature against that heat.
Walker County has also seen 65 damaging wind events and 31 hail events over the past ten years, with hailstones as large as 2.5 inches. Hail that size can dent or puncture the thin fins on your outdoor unit's coil, and wind can throw debris into it. Either way, the coil cannot shed heat the way it should, and the system struggles to cool the house even though it is running.
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 90°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 31 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 65 wind events
- in ten years, and wind drives debris into outdoor units
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new air conditioner would cut about $60 a year off cooling for a typical Walker County home.
Estimates for a typical Walker County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Alabama 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.
Alabama requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The Alabama Board of Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Contractors issues that license, and it is tied to the contractor, not to any single job. The board has tested the person or company behind the work and keeps a record of them. That record is what stands behind the name on the truck.
For a repair like this, the license is what you are relying on in Walker County, since Alabama's rule reaches every HVAC contractor in the state. If the repair means opening the refrigerant side of the system, which most air conditioner repairs do, the technician also has to hold EPA Section 608 certification. That one comes from the federal government, not the state, and it applies to that individual technician handling refrigerant, in Alabama the same as anywhere else.
Source: Alabama Board of Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors
- Why is my AC not blowing cold air?
- The most common cause is a dirty air filter choking off airflow across the coil. When that happens the coil can ice over, and once it's iced up the air coming through the vents turns warm instead of cold. Low refrigerant from a leak causes the same thing, and that needs a licensed contractor to find and fix. Check the filter first since it's the one thing you can rule out yourself before calling anyone.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- Most of the time this is a clogged condensate drain line. Your AC pulls moisture out of the air all summer, and that water is supposed to run out through a drain line to the outside. When the line clogs with algae or dirt, the water backs up and drips inside instead, often near the indoor unit. A dirty filter can also cause the coil to ice up, and the water shows up when that ice melts.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat and the breaker before assuming the worst. Check that the thermostat is set to cool and below room temperature, and check your breaker panel for a tripped breaker, since a hard-working AC on a 90°F afternoon can trip one. If the breaker trips again after you reset it, or the thermostat looks fine and the unit still won't start, a licensed contractor needs to look at it.