AC Repair in Geneva, NY
Air conditioners here run from July through August. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Ontario County will get in touch.
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Two months of real heat, then storms the rest of the year
Geneva only asks your air conditioner to run hard in July and August, with afternoons averaging 79°F. That is a short season, but the unit still has to start reliably the first hot week and keep working through both months without a break.
Ontario County has logged 195 damaging wind events and 13 hail storms over the past ten years, with hailstones up to 2.5 inches. That kind of weather is hard on the condenser sitting outside your house. Wind can bend the thin fins around the coil, and hail can dent the cabinet or damage the fan blade. If your air conditioner is blowing warm air or making a new noise after a storm, the outdoor unit is the first place to look.
- 2 months
- July through August, your air conditioner is on duty
- 79°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 13 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 195 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 Ontario County, so the repair decision comes down to the unit's condition.
Estimates for a typical Ontario County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, New York 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?
- The most common cause is a dirty air filter choking off airflow across the coil. When that happens the coil can ice up, and once it's iced over the air coming through the vents turns warm. Low refrigerant from a leak causes the same thing and won't fix itself, since these systems don't use up refrigerant over time. If the filter looks clean and the vents still blow warm, a contractor will need to check the refrigerant charge and the coil itself.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- Most of the time this is a clogged condensate drain line. Your AC pulls moisture out of the air as it cools your home, and that water is supposed to run out through a drain line to the outside. Algae or dirt can block that line, and once it backs up the water finds another way out, often through the ceiling below an attic unit or around the indoor unit itself. A frozen coil that's melting after the system shuts off can also cause water to show up where it shouldn't.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat, since dead batteries or a setting bumped off cool are common and easy to rule out. If the thermostat looks fine, check the breaker for the outdoor unit, since a tripped breaker will stop it cold. With 195 damaging wind events recorded here over the past ten years, a breaker trip after a storm isn't unusual. If the breaker is fine and the system still won't start, the problem is likely electrical inside the unit and a contractor will need to look at it.