AC Installation in Broken Arrow, OK
A new air conditioner in Broken Arrow will run from May through September every year. Tell us about the house, and a licensed contractor who covers Wagoner County will get in touch.
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What Broken Arrow summers ask of a new air conditioner
Your air conditioner works five months a year here, May through September, with summer afternoons averaging 91°F. That is a long stretch of steady, hard running, and it is what sizing and installation have to hold up against.
The outdoor unit sits outside through Broken Arrow's storms too, so hail and wind are part of what it faces along with the heat. Any new central air conditioner installed today has to meet a federal minimum of 14.3 SEER2, so that baseline is already built into what a contractor will install.
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 91°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 39 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 13.4 SEER2
- the federal minimum any new unit must meet
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Going above the federal minimum saves little here, about $20 a year.
Estimates for a typical Wagoner County home, from EIA household energy data, Oklahoma fuel prices and NOAA climate normals. Your home will differ.
Oklahoma requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The Construction Industries Board issues the license to the contractor, not to the job. That means the board has tested and keeps a record of the person or company doing the work, but no state inspector signs off on your particular installation because of it.
For this job, the license is what stands behind the contractor you hire. In most cities and counties, installing an air conditioner also needs a permit from the local building office, with an inspection once the work is done, and that inspection is where the connections and the setup get checked.
Source: Oklahoma State Legislature
- What size air conditioner does my house need?
- The right size depends on your square footage, your ductwork, how much shade and insulation your house has, and how many windows face the afternoon sun. A contractor works this out with a load calculation, not a quick look at the old unit's tag. Putting in one that's too big or too small leaves you with a system that cycles too often or never quite catches up on a 91°F afternoon, so it's worth having that number done properly rather than guessed.
- Should I replace the whole system or just the outdoor unit?
- If your indoor coil and outdoor unit weren't matched to begin with, replacing only the outdoor unit can leave you with a system that never runs at its rated efficiency. Age matters too. Refrigerant type changed over the years, so an old indoor coil may not even work with a new outdoor unit. A contractor can check what's inside your air handler or furnace and tell you whether it can pair with new equipment or whether the system needs to come out together.
- Do HVAC contractors in Broken Arrow need a state license to work on my home?
- Yes. Oklahoma requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license, issued through the Construction Industries Board. That license belongs to the contractor, not to any one job, so it covers them for installing your air conditioner the same as any other HVAC work. Broken Arrow will also require a permit for the installation and an inspection once it's done, separate from the contractor's license.