AC Repair in Danville, IL
Air conditioners here run from June through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Vermilion County will get in touch.
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Four months of heat, and storms in between
Your air conditioner in Danville works hard for four months straight, June through September, with summer afternoons averaging 84°F. That kind of steady run time wears on the parts that keep it going, especially the capacitor and the contactor, which handle the load every time the system cycles on.
Vermilion County has also seen 70 hail events and 163 damaging wind events over the past ten years, with hail as large as 2.75 inches. A hailstone that size can bend the fins on your outdoor coil or crack the fan blade, and you notice it as an AC that runs but cools less, or one that suddenly can't push air the way it used to.
- 4 months
- June through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 84°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 70 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 163 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 Vermilion County, so the repair decision comes down to the unit's condition.
Estimates for a typical Vermilion County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Illinois 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 Illinois, HVAC licensing for homes is left to the cities and towns.
Illinois leaves this to local government, so what applies to a contractor in Vermilion County depends on whether the city or town the house sits in licenses HVAC work at all. Some do, some don't, and there is no state list to check either way. Where a town has no such rule, there is no license behind the work, and no state record of the contractor.
For an air conditioner repair, the part of the job that matters most is the refrigerant. Any technician who opens the refrigerant side of the system, on this job or any other, has to hold EPA Section 608 certification. That is a federal requirement, not a state or local one, and it applies the same way whether or not the town has its own licensing rule.
Source: Illinois General Assembly
- Why is my AC not blowing cold air?
- The most common cause is a dirty air filter choking off airflow across the coil, which can cause it to ice over and blow warm air. Low refrigerant from a leak is another common cause, and it will not fix itself since your AC does not use up refrigerant like fuel. A failing compressor or a thermostat set wrong can also be behind it. A contractor can check the refrigerant charge and the coil to find out which one you have.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- Most of the time this means the condensate drain line is clogged and water is backing up instead of draining outside. A dirty air filter can also cause the coil to ice up, and the water shows up when that ice melts. Less often the drain pan itself has rusted through or cracked. A contractor can clear the line or find where the leak is actually coming from.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat. Check that it is set to cool and set below the room temperature, and that its batteries are not dead. If that looks right, check the breaker panel, since a tripped breaker will keep the whole system from starting. Summer storms here bring wind and hail that can damage the outdoor unit or knock out power, so if a breaker keeps tripping or the outside unit looks damaged, have a contractor look at it before you reset anything again.