Central Air Repair in Parma
Central air around Parma is mostly a split system: a condenser outside beside the house, a coil on top of the furnace in the basement, and two copper lines between them. AC repair covers both halves:
- Run capacitors and dual capacitors, the most common reason a condenser hums but will not start
- Contactors with pitted or welded points
- Condenser fan motors and fan blades
- Compressors that trip on overload or will not start
- Refrigerant leaks at the coil, the service valves or the line set
- Frozen evaporator coils and ice on the copper lines
- Clogged condensate drains and pans that overflow in the basement
- Thermostats and low-voltage wiring that keep the system from calling for cooling
Summer Heat and Humidity at Cleveland Hopkins
July at Cleveland Hopkins averages a high of about 84 degrees, and the airport sees about 12 days a year at 90 or above (July highs at Cleveland Hopkins). The cooling season is short next to the heating season, but Northeast Ohio's humid summers keep the indoor coil wet for weeks at a time. A coil that is wet and starved of airflow freezes. A capacitor that sat through a cold winter often fails on the first hot afternoon in June.
Central Air Added to 1950s Parma Houses
A Parma house built in 1958 was not built with air conditioning. Central air came later, with the coil set on top of a furnace and the cold air pushed through ducts sized for heat (1958 median year built in Parma). Upstairs rooms and rooms at the end of a long run often cool last. When the blower is weak or the filter is loaded, the coil ices over and the air from the vents turns warm even though the condenser outside is running. A frozen coil is a symptom; the repair is finding what starved it of air or refrigerant.
Air Conditioning Repair for Condensers Outside Parma Homes
Condensers here sit outside through about 64 inches of snow a year at Cleveland Hopkins, then fall leaves and summer dust. The coil fins clog, the fan motor bearings wear, and the electrical parts in the service panel corrode. On sloped lots such as those in Seven Hills, pads can settle and tilt over the years. Smaller houses in Brooklyn often have the condenser tight against the wall, which cuts airflow across the coil on hot days.
Emergency AC Repair in Parma
Emergency AC repair in Parma covers a condenser that quits in a 90 degree heat wave, a coil frozen solid, or a drain pan spilling onto a finished basement floor. The common causes of a central air failure in a heat wave are a dead capacitor, a stuck contactor or a frozen indoor coil.
AC Repair in Parma and Surrounding Areas
AC repair covers Parma, North Royalton, Middleburg Heights and the rest of the Parma area service list. For the blower, ducts and controls shared with the furnace see HVAC repair in Parma; for the furnace itself see furnace repair in Parma; for boilers and heat pumps see heating repair in Parma.