AC Repair in Hempstead, NY
Air conditioners here run from June through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Nassau County will get in touch.
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Four months of hard running takes its toll
Your air conditioner in Hempstead works hard from June through September, and on afternoons that average 82°F, it runs long stretches just to keep up. That kind of steady demand wears on the capacitor and the compressor, the parts that carry the load every time the system cycles on.
Nassau County has also logged 143 damaging wind events over the past ten years, along with 10 hail storms, one dropping hail 1.75 inches across. Wind can knock the outdoor unit's fan blades out of true or drive debris into the coil, and hail can dent the cabinet or bend the fins that let it shed heat. When that happens, you will notice the air coming from the vents is not as cold, or the outdoor unit is straining to keep the house comfortable at all.
- 4 months
- June through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 82°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 10 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 143 wind events
- in ten years, and wind drives debris into outdoor units
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new air conditioner would cut about $30 a year off cooling for a typical Nassau County home.
Estimates for a typical Nassau 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 reason is a dirty air filter choking off airflow across the coil. When air can't move past it, the coil can ice up and stop cooling altogether. A refrigerant leak or a failing compressor can also cause this, and those need a contractor to diagnose. Check the filter first, since it's the one thing you can rule out yourself.
- 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, and that water is supposed to run out through a drain line to the outside. When the line clogs with algae or debris, the water backs up and drips inside instead, sometimes near the unit and sometimes through the ceiling if the unit is in an attic. A frozen coil that then thaws can also flood the pan faster than the drain can handle.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat and the breaker before assuming the worst. A dead thermostat battery, a tripped breaker, or a blown fuse at the outdoor unit will all keep the system from starting. Summer storms here bring damaging wind often enough that a tripped breaker after a rough afternoon isn't unusual. If power and settings check out and it still won't start, the capacitor or the contactor may have failed, and that's a job for a contractor.