AC Repair in Harrison, AR
Air conditioners here run from June through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Boone County will get in touch.
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Four months of heat, then storms in between
Boone County asks a lot of an air conditioner in a short stretch of the year. Summer afternoons average 87°F, and from June through September the system runs to keep up with it. That kind of steady demand wears on the compressor and the fan motor, the parts doing the work hour after hour. You notice it as a unit that runs longer to hit the same temperature, or one that stops cooling in the hottest part of the afternoon.
The other part of it is what comes through the air. Boone County has seen 43 hail events and 37 damaging wind events over the past ten years, with hail up to 2.75 inches. Hail dents the fins on the outdoor coil, and wind drives debris into the cabinet. Either one can leave a unit running rough, or not running at all, right when the heat is worst.
- 4 months
- June through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 87°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 43 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 37 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 Boone County home.
Estimates for a typical Boone 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 is issued to the contractor, not the job, so it does not get renewed or reinspected each time a crew comes to your house. Arkansas also keeps the rule the same everywhere in the state. Counties and cities cannot layer on their own HVAC license, so the license a contractor holds in Boone County is the same one they would need anywhere else in Arkansas.
For a repair on your air conditioner, that state license is the credential that matters here. Anyone opening the refrigerant side of your system also has to hold EPA Section 608 certification, which is a federal requirement in every state and applies whether or not refrigerant ends up being part of this repair.
Source: Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing
- Why is my AC not blowing cold air?
- Most often it is a dirty air filter choking off airflow, or the system is low on refrigerant from a leak. A frozen evaporator coil will also push out warm air until it thaws and airflow returns. Check the filter first, since that is the one thing you can rule out yourself before calling a contractor.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- The condensate drain line is clogged and water is backing up instead of draining outside. Algae and debris build up in that line over years of summer use, especially during the four months a year this system runs hardest. A contractor can clear the line, and if the drain pan itself has rusted through it will need to be replaced.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat batteries and the breaker for the outdoor unit, since both are common culprits and easy to check. If those are fine, the capacitor that starts the compressor may have failed, which is a common reason a unit goes completely silent. Arkansas requires a licensed HVAC contractor to diagnose and repair the system itself.