AC Repair in Crowley, LA
Air conditioners here run from April through October. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Acadia Parish will get in touch.
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Seven months of heat wears an air conditioner down
Your air conditioner runs from April through October in Crowley. Summer afternoons average 91°F, and the compressor works hardest on those days to keep the house cool. That kind of run time adds up on the parts that carry the load, and it shows up as warm air coming from the vents or a unit that runs constantly without catching up.
Crowley has also seen 48 damaging wind events and 19 hail events over the past ten years, with hail as large as 2 inches. Wind can knock loose the wiring or panels on the outdoor unit, and hail that size can dent the fins on the condenser coil or bend the cabinet around it. Either one can leave the outdoor unit running rough or not at all.
- 7 months
- April through October, your air conditioner is on duty
- 91°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 19 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 48 wind events
- in ten years, and wind drives debris into outdoor units
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new air conditioner would cut about $70 a year off cooling for a typical Acadia Parish home.
Estimates for a typical Acadia Parish home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Louisiana 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.
Louisiana requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The state licensing board tests contractors before they can hold this license, and it keeps a record of who holds one. That license belongs to the contractor, not to any single repair, so it doesn't expire or renew with each job. It's the state's way of saying this contractor met a standard before you let them near your air conditioner.
For this repair, that license is what stands behind the person doing the work. If the job means opening the refrigerant line, whoever does that also needs EPA Section 608 certification, which every technician in the country is required to hold for that part of the job. That certification isn't the state license. It's a separate federal requirement tied to handling refrigerant itself.
Source: Louisiana State Licensing Board for 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 up and stop cooling the air passing over it. A low refrigerant charge, usually from a leak, will do the same thing. Check the filter first. If it is clean and the air is still warm, the system needs a technician licensed to open the refrigerant side and find where it is losing charge.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- Your AC makes water as it cools the air, and that water is supposed to drain outside through a condensate line. When water shows up inside, the line is usually clogged with algae or dirt and backing up into the house instead of draining out. A dirty filter can also cause this by freezing the coil, which then melts and overflows the drain pan. Clearing the line or the filter often solves it, but if it keeps happening a technician should check the drain pan and the slope of the line.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat. Check that it has power, is set to cool, and the set temperature is below the room temperature. If the thermostat looks fine, check the breaker for the outdoor unit, since a tripped breaker will shut the whole system down. When the thermostat is set correctly and the breaker is on but the unit still won't run, the problem is likely inside the unit itself, in the capacitor or the contactor, and that calls for a licensed contractor to check it.