AC Repair in Corinth, MS
Air conditioners here run from May through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Alcorn County will get in touch.
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Five months of Corinth summer heat wears on your AC
From May through September your air conditioner is working most days, and Corinth afternoons average 89°F through the summer. That kind of stretch keeps the compressor running long hours day after day, and it's the part most likely to struggle or fail after years of that load. When it starts to give out, you'll notice the air isn't as cold as it should be, or the unit runs and runs without the house catching up.
Storms add another layer here. Alcorn County has seen 29 damaging wind events and 10 hail events over the past ten years, with hail up to 1.75 inches. Wind can knock the outdoor unit out of alignment or drive debris into the coil, and hail that size can dent the fins or the cabinet itself. Either one can show up as a system that runs weaker than it used to, even if it never fully stops.
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 89°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 10 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 29 wind events
- in ten years, and wind drives debris into outdoor units
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new air conditioner would cut about $50 a year off cooling for a typical Alcorn County home.
Estimates for a typical Alcorn County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Mississippi 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.
Mississippi requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The Mississippi State Board of Contractors licenses HVAC contractors. That license belongs to the contractor, not to any single job. To get it, a contractor has to pass the state's exam and meet its requirements. The board keeps a record of who holds one. Someone checked this contractor's qualifications before they were allowed to work on your system.
For an air conditioner repair, that license is what stands behind the work. If the repair involves opening the refrigerant side of the system, the technician doing that part also has to hold EPA Section 608 certification. That is a federal requirement, not a state one. It applies no matter where you live. You have a contractor the state has tested and a technician certified to handle refrigerant without releasing it into the air.
Source: Mississippi State Board of Contractors
- Why is my AC not blowing cold air?
- Most of the time it is a dirty air filter cutting off airflow, low refrigerant from a leak, or a coil that has frozen over. If the filter looks gray or packed with dust, swap it and see if airflow picks back up. A refrigerant leak needs a licensed contractor, since only someone with EPA Section 608 certification can legally open that side of the system and add refrigerant.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- It is usually a clogged condensate drain line or a drain pan that has rusted through. As your AC pulls humidity out of the air, that water is supposed to run out through the drain line. Algae and dirt build up in that line over time and block it, so the water backs up and spills out near the unit instead. A contractor can clear the line or replace the pan if it has worn out.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat batteries and the breaker panel, since a dead battery or a tripped breaker will stop the whole system cold. If those check out, the capacitor that starts the compressor may have failed, which is common after years of summer heat pushing the system hard. With afternoons here averaging 89°F for five months a year, a system that won't start needs a look soon rather than later. A licensed contractor can test the capacitor and the electrical components to find what's actually stopping it.