AC Repair in Greeley, CO
Air conditioners here run from June through August. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Weld County will get in touch.
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Three months of hard running, and hail on top of it
Your air conditioner in Weld County only gets three months to do its job, June through August, and it has to work hard in that stretch. Summer afternoons here average 86°F, so the compressor is running long hours to keep up. That kind of steady load is what wears down a compressor and weakens the run capacitor that keeps it starting right.
Weld County has also seen 388 hail events over the past ten years, with hailstones up to 4.25 inches, plus 172 damaging wind events. Hail bends the thin aluminum fins on your outdoor unit's coil, and a bent-up coil can't shed heat the way it should. You'll notice it as warm air coming from the vents, or the unit running longer than it used to just to get the house cool.
- 3 months
- June through August, your air conditioner is on duty
- 86°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 388 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 172 wind events
- in ten years, and wind drives debris into outdoor units
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new air conditioner would save little on running costs in Weld County, so the repair decision comes down to the unit's condition.
Estimates for a typical Weld County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Colorado 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.
- Why is my AC not blowing cold air?
- Most often the filter is clogged and starving the system of airflow, or the outdoor unit's coil is dirty and can't shed heat. A refrigerant leak will also cause this, usually with ice forming on the indoor coil or the copper line outside. Check the filter first since that's the one thing you can rule out yourself. If it's clean and you're still getting warm air, a contractor will need to check refrigerant levels and the coils.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- The condensate drain line is probably clogged. Your AC pulls moisture out of the air as it cools, and that water is supposed to run out through a drain line to the outside. Algae and dirt build up in that line over time and block it, so the water backs up and drips inside instead. A contractor can clear the line, and if the leak is coming from ice on the coil instead of the drain pan, that points to low airflow or low refrigerant rather than a clog.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Check the thermostat first, since dead batteries or a setting that's off will stop the whole system before it starts. If the thermostat looks fine, check your breaker panel, since a tripped breaker will cut power to the outdoor unit. With 172 damaging wind events here over the past ten years, a tripped breaker after a storm is common enough to check before anything else. If the breaker keeps tripping when you reset it, stop and have a contractor look at it rather than resetting it again.