AC Repair in Blytheville, AR
Air conditioners here run from May through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Mississippi County will get in touch.
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Five months of Blytheville heat wears an AC down fast
From May through September your air conditioner is working almost every day, with summer afternoons averaging 89 degrees. That kind of steady run time wears on the compressor and puts strain on the capacitor that helps it start. When one of those gives out, the unit either won't come on or it runs and blows warm air.
Mississippi County has also seen 25 hail events and 73 damaging wind events over the past ten years, with hail up to 2 inches. Hail dents the fins on the outdoor coil and bends the coil itself, and wind can rock the unit or throw debris into it. If your AC is short cycling, running constantly without cooling, or making noise it didn't before, that combination of long summers and hard storms is usually why.
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 89°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 25 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 73 wind events
- in ten years, and wind drives debris into outdoor units
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new air conditioner would cut about $50 a year off cooling for a typical Mississippi County home.
Estimates for a typical Mississippi County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Arkansas 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.
Arkansas requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The license belongs to the contractor, not to this particular repair. Arkansas tests and records the business itself, and cities and counties here cannot layer on a separate license of their own, so the same state license applies no matter where in the county the work happens.
For an air conditioner repair, that license is what stands behind the person in your driveway. If the job involves opening the refrigerant lines, the technician also needs EPA Section 608 certification, which is federal and required in every state regardless of what Arkansas does on its own. Between the two, the work on your system is covered both by who is allowed to touch the refrigerant and by who Arkansas has put its name behind.
Source: Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing
- Why is my AC not blowing cold air?
- Most often the filter is clogged enough that air cannot move through the coil, so what comes out feels closer to room temperature. It can also mean the refrigerant charge is low, usually from a leak, or the outdoor unit's coil is caked with dirt and cannot shed heat. With your summer afternoons sitting around 89°F, a system already running low on refrigerant will fall further behind and may ice up the coil instead of cooling. Check the filter first. If it is clean, a contractor will need to check the charge and the coils.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- Water around your indoor unit usually means the condensate drain line is clogged, so the water that should drip outside backs up and spills over the pan instead. Algae and dust build up in that line over time and block it. It can also mean the coil has iced over and is now melting, which points back to airflow or refrigerant trouble rather than the drain itself. Either way, a contractor can clear the line or find what is icing the coil.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Check your thermostat first. Make sure it is set to cool, the temperature is below room temperature, and the display is lit. If the display is blank, look at the breaker for the outdoor unit, since a tripped breaker is a common reason nothing responds at all. Blytheville sees a fair number of damaging wind events each year, and a power blip during one can trip a breaker without you noticing until you need the AC again. If the breaker is fine and it still won't start, a licensed HVAC contractor will need to look at it, since Arkansas requires that license for anyone doing the repair.