AC Repair in Zionsville, IN
Air conditioners here run from June through August. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Boone County will get in touch.
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Three months of heat, and hail in between
Zionsville only asks your AC to work June through August, but those afternoons average 82°F, and the unit has to run hard to keep up. A system that sits idle most of the year still needs to start clean on the first hot day, and a capacitor or contactor that was already weak often fails right then.
Boone County has logged 43 hail events and 41 damaging wind events over the past ten years, with hail up to 2.5 inches. That kind of storm bends the fins on your outdoor coil and can knock the unit out of alignment. Afterward you notice the air isn't as cold, or the outdoor unit is louder than it used to be.
- 3 months
- June through August, your air conditioner is on duty
- 82°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 43 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 41 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 Boone County, so the repair decision comes down to the unit's condition.
Estimates for a typical Boone County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Indiana 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.
In Indiana, HVAC licensing for homes is left to the counties and cities.
Boone County sets its own rule for HVAC contractors, since Indiana leaves that decision to counties and cities. That means whether a contractor is licensed, registered, or neither depends on whether the county or a city within it has set up that kind of system. There is no state record to check either way, only whatever Boone County itself requires.
For a repair on your air conditioner, the one rule that applies no matter what Boone County decides is federal. Anyone opening the refrigerant side of your system, which any real repair to an air conditioner usually involves, has to hold EPA Section 608 certification. That is not a local license and it does not test someone's general work, only their handling of refrigerant, but it is required everywhere in the country and it is the one credential you can count on regardless of county rules.
Sources: Indiana Department of Workforce Development · State of Indiana
- Why is my AC not blowing cold air?
- The most common reason is a dirty air filter choking off airflow across the coil, which can cause it to ice up and blow warm. A refrigerant leak will do the same thing, and so will a failing compressor. Check the filter first since that's the one thing you can rule out yourself. If it's clean and the air is still warm, a contractor needs to check the refrigerant charge and the compressor.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- Water around your AC usually means the condensate drain line is clogged. Algae and dirt build up in that line over a cooling season and back the water up until it overflows the drain pan. It can also mean the coil iced up and is now melting, often because of low airflow or low refrigerant. Either way, a contractor needs to clear the line or find out why the coil froze.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat. Check that it's set to cool and the temperature is below the room temperature, and check the batteries if it has a screen that looks dim. If the thermostat looks fine, check your breaker panel since a tripped breaker will shut the whole system down. Hail and wind are common here, with 43 hail events and 41 damaging wind events recorded over the past ten years, so if there was a recent storm, the outdoor unit may have taken damage that needs a contractor to look at.