AC Repair in Roswell, NM
Air conditioners here run from May through September. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Chaves County will get in touch.
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Five months of hard running in Roswell heat
Your air conditioner works May through September here, with afternoons averaging 93°F. That means the compressor runs long hours, day after day, all summer. The harder and longer it runs, the more wear builds on the parts that keep it going, and the more likely something gives out right when you need the cooling most.
Roswell also sees its share of hail and wind, 83 hail events and 108 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Hail up to 3 inches across can bend the fins on your outdoor unit or damage the fan blade, and high winds can knock the unit out of level or drive debris into it. If your air conditioner stopped working after a storm, that is often why.
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner is on duty
- 93°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 83 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 108 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 Chaves County home.
Estimates for a typical Chaves County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, New Mexico 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.
New Mexico requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The Construction Industries Division tests and licenses the contractor, not each job. That license is on file for the business you hire, and it covers the work that business does across any job, not a record pulled specifically for your repair.
For an air conditioner repair, that state license is what stands behind the work. If fixing your unit means opening the refrigerant lines, the technician also has to hold EPA Section 608 certification. That is a federal requirement in every state, separate from the New Mexico license.
Source: New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department
- Why is my AC not blowing cold air?
- The most common cause is low refrigerant from a leak somewhere in the line set or coil. A dirty air filter or a coil caked with dust can also block airflow enough that the air coming out feels warm. If the outdoor unit isn't running at all while the indoor fan blows, the compressor or a capacitor has likely failed. A technician needs to check refrigerant levels and pressures to know which of these it is, and touching the refrigerant side legally requires EPA 608 certification.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- Most of the time this means the condensate drain line is clogged, so the water that normally drips away backs up and overflows the pan. Algae and dust build up in that line over months of summer use and eventually block it. A dirty air filter can cause the same problem a different way, by freezing the coil so it drips heavily as it thaws. Clearing the drain line usually stops the leak, but if it keeps happening the pan or coil may need a closer look.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat. Check that it has power, the batteries are good if it uses them, and it's set to cool at a temperature below the room's current reading. If the thermostat looks fine, check the breaker for the outdoor unit, since a tripped breaker will cut power to the whole system. When the thermostat calls for cooling and there's power at the breaker but the unit still won't run, the problem is likely a failed capacitor or contactor inside the outdoor unit, and that's a job for a licensed contractor to diagnose.