AC Repair in Easton, MD
Air conditioners here run from June through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Talbot County will get in touch.
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Four months of hard running, every year
Your air conditioner in Easton works hard from June through September, and summer afternoons averaging 86°F mean it runs long hours to keep up. That kind of steady demand wears on the compressor and the run capacitor, the parts that carry the load hour after hour.
Talbot County has also logged 93 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Wind that strong can knock debris into an outdoor unit or rattle loose the electrical connections that keep it running. If your AC is short cycling, blowing warm air, or won't start at all this summer, those are the kinds of failures behind it.
- 4 months
- June through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 86°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 4 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 93 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 Talbot County home.
Estimates for a typical Talbot County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Maryland 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.
Maryland requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The state tested this contractor before handing out the license, and the Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors keeps a record of who holds one. That license belongs to the contractor, not to any single job, so the same license that covers a new install covers a repair call on your air conditioner.
On a refrigerant repair, the license is not the only credential in play. Anyone who opens the sealed side of your system, to recover refrigerant, add to it, or work on the coil, has to hold EPA Section 608 certification. That is a federal rule and it applies in every state, Maryland included. Between the two, the state license accounts for the contractor and the federal certification accounts for the refrigerant work itself.
Sources: Maryland General Assembly · Maryland Department of Labor
- 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 blow air that feels cool at best, or just room temperature. A low refrigerant charge from a leak causes the same thing, and that needs a licensed contractor, since only someone with EPA Section 608 certification can legally open the refrigerant side of your system. If the filter looks clean and the vents are open, the problem is likely inside the system and worth having looked at before it strains the compressor.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- Most water on the floor near your indoor unit means the condensate drain line is clogged. Your AC pulls moisture out of the air as it cools, and that water is supposed to run out through the drain line to the outside. Algae and dust build up in that line over time and block it, so the water backs up and spills out of the pan instead. A frozen coil from low airflow or a low refrigerant charge can also melt and overflow the pan, which is a different problem and one a contractor needs to diagnose.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat. Check that it has power, is set to cool, and the temperature is actually below room temperature. If the thermostat looks fine, check your breaker panel, since a tripped breaker will cut power to the outdoor unit or the indoor blower. If the breaker is fine and the thermostat has power, the problem is likely in the system itself and a contractor will need to find it.