AC Repair in Cabot, AR
Air conditioners here run from May through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Lonoke County will get in touch.
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Five months of Cabot summer heat wears on your AC
From May through September, with afternoons averaging 90°F, your air conditioner runs almost every day. That is long hours for the compressor and the fan motor, season after season.
The outdoor unit sits outside through everything Cabot weather brings. Over the past ten years the area has seen 54 hail events, with hail up to 3 inches, and 80 damaging wind events. Hail can bend the fins on the condenser coil, and wind can drive debris into the cabinet. Either one makes it harder for the unit to move air across the coil, and you notice it as weaker cooling or a system that runs longer than it used to.
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 90°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 54 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 80 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 Lonoke County home.
Estimates for a typical Lonoke 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 state issues one license and it stays with the contractor, not tied to any single job. Arkansas also keeps cities and counties from layering on their own license requirements, so the same rule applies whether the address is in Lonoke or across the state line in Pulaski County. There is one standard to check, and it does not change by zip code.
For a repair on your air conditioner, that state license is what stands behind the person doing the work. If the repair involves opening the refrigerant lines, whoever does that part also has to hold EPA Section 608 certification, which is federal and applies no matter what state you're in. That certification covers the refrigerant handling specifically. The Arkansas license is what covers the contractor doing the job.
Source: Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing
- 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 the air coming through the vents turns warm or stops moving altogether. A refrigerant leak causes the same symptom, but that's not something you can fix by swapping a filter. If the filter is clean and you're still getting warm air, especially on a 90°F afternoon when the system is running hard, a contractor needs to check the refrigerant charge and the coil.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- Water around your indoor unit usually means the condensate drain line is clogged. Algae and dirt build up inside that line over a cooling season, and once it's blocked the water backs up and spills out instead of draining outside. A dirty filter can also cause this by freezing the coil, which then leaks water as it thaws. With cooling running for months here, May through September, that drain line gets a lot of use and is worth checking whenever you see water.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat batteries and the breaker before assuming the worst. A tripped breaker or a dead thermostat display is the simplest explanation, and both are easy to check yourself. If those are fine, the problem is likely inside the unit, either the capacitor or a control board, and that calls for a licensed contractor. Arkansas requires HVAC contractors to be licensed, so ask for that when you call one out.