AC Repair in Riverton, WY
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Riverton doesn't ask much of your air conditioner
Summer afternoons here average 77°F, which is mild as far as air conditioners go. Most homes in Fremont County get by without needing to cool the house at all.
The bigger risk to your system is what comes out of the sky. The area has logged 30 hail events and 342 damaging wind events over the past ten years, with hailstones up to 2 inches across. That kind of hail can bend the thin aluminum fins on your condenser coil, and wind that strong can rock the unit hard enough to loosen its electrical connections or knock its cabinet out of true. If your AC is running rough or not at all after a storm, that is usually where to start looking.
- 77°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 30 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 342 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 Fremont County, so the repair decision comes down to the unit's condition.
Estimates for a typical Fremont County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Wyoming 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?
- Most of the time this comes down to a dirty air filter, a dirty outdoor coil, or a refrigerant leak. A clogged filter cuts off airflow across the indoor coil, and that coil can ice over so what little air does come through feels warm. If the outdoor unit's coil is caked with dirt or grass clippings, it can't release heat the way it needs to, and the system loses its ability to cool. Low refrigerant almost always means a leak somewhere in the line, and that needs a contractor to find and seal before adding more.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- This is usually a clogged condensate drain line. As your AC runs, it pulls moisture out of the air and that water is supposed to drip into a pan and drain outside through a small PVC line. Algae and dirt build up inside that line over time and block it, so the pan overflows instead. A frozen evaporator coil that then thaws can cause the same thing, dumping more water than the pan and drain were built to handle at once.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat. Check that it's set to cool, the temperature is below the room's current reading, and the batteries aren't dead. If the thermostat looks right, check your breaker panel, since a tripped breaker will cut power to the outdoor unit without any other warning. Riverton sees a fair number of high wind events each year, and that kind of weather is a common reason a breaker trips or a disconnect near the outdoor unit gets knocked loose.