AC Repair in Lawton, OK
Air conditioners here run from May through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Comanche County will get in touch.
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Five months of Lawton heat wears an AC down fast
From May through September your air conditioner runs almost every day, working against afternoons that average 94°F. That kind of stretch puts real hours on the compressor and the fan motor, and it means less time between the moment something starts to slip and the moment you feel it inside the house.
Comanche County has also logged 185 hail events and 148 damaging wind events over the past ten years, with hail up to 4 inches. Hail dents and bends the thin fins on the outdoor coil, and wind can send debris into the unit or knock it out of alignment. When that happens, the system has to work harder to move the same heat, and on a 94°F afternoon that shows up as a house that will not quite cool down.
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 94°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 185 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 148 wind events
- in ten years, and wind drives debris into outdoor units
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new air conditioner would cut about $60 a year off cooling for a typical Comanche County home.
Estimates for a typical Comanche County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Oklahoma 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.
Oklahoma requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The Construction Industries Board tests and licenses HVAC contractors before they can work in Oklahoma, and the license belongs to the contractor, not to any single job. That means the person or company coming to your house in Comanche County has already been checked by the state, and there is a record of them on file with the Board.
For an air conditioner repair, that license covers the work itself, but touching the refrigerant side of your system also requires EPA Section 608 certification, which is a federal rule that applies everywhere, not just here. If your repair means opening a line or a coil, the technician needs that certification on top of the state license.
Source: Oklahoma State Legislature
- Why is my AC not blowing cold air?
- Most often the filter is clogged and starving the system of airflow, or the refrigerant level is low from a leak somewhere in the coil or lines. A dirty outdoor coil can cause the same thing, especially after a dusty summer here where the unit runs hard from May through September. If the air coming out is warm rather than weak, a technician will need to check the refrigerant charge, and that means opening the sealed system, which by federal law takes an EPA Section 608 certification to do.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- Usually the drain line is clogged, or the condensate pan has rusted through and is no longer catching the water it should. A frozen evaporator coil will also leak once it thaws, and that points back to low airflow or low refrigerant. Standing water near the indoor unit is worth getting looked at soon, since it can mean the drain pan is already failing.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Check the thermostat first, since a dead battery or a setting bumped to off will stop the system cold. After that it is usually the breaker, a tripped safety switch at the outdoor unit, or a capacitor that has failed and can no longer start the compressor. Lawton sees a fair number of storms with damaging wind, and a power flicker during one can trip a safety switch even when nothing else is wrong.