Air Conditioner Repair in Lyons

Many areas of town lie in the mapped floodplain. If your condenser was raised onto a platform or wall bracket, or relocated during flood repairs, it needs secure mounting, protected wiring and a refrigerant line set that wasn't kinked or stressed in the move.

Homes on the foothill edges of town deal with cottonwood fluff, pine debris and the occasional animal nest in the unit. We clean coils, clear debris and check the wiring and line set while we're there.

Lyons operates its own municipal electric utility and buys power through the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska. The town lists local rebates for efficiency upgrades, and it has been a partner in Boulder County's Switch Together heat pump program. As a result, some homes in town now cool and partly heat with a heat pump instead of a standard AC.

Heat pumps fail in some of the same ways as AC, with weak capacitors and contactors, but they also have reversing valves, defrost controls and outdoor sensors. We test each mode so you know the system will work in both seasons.

Start with the simple things: thermostat set to cool and a few degrees below room temperature, a clean filter, the breaker and the outdoor disconnect switched on. On a mini-split, check the remote's mode and batteries and clean the washable filters behind the front panel. On a heat pump, make sure the thermostat isn't set to emergency heat or heat mode.

If the outdoor unit is buzzing but the fan isn't turning, or the indoor coil is visibly iced over, turn the system off and call. Running it in that condition can damage the compressor, which turns a small repair into a large one.

We check the thermostat and power, then test the capacitor, contactor and fan motor. We measure refrigerant pressures, superheat and subcooling, and indoor airflow, and inspect the condensate drain. Leaks are located before any refrigerant is added.

Pricing is flat-rate and approved before we start, with no overtime fees, and the diagnostic is free with the repair. Same-day appointments open up most days.

A failed capacitor, contactor or fan motor is a straightforward repair. A failed compressor or leaking coil on a 15-year-old system, especially one using R-22, is usually where replacement starts to make sense. If you're replacing, it's worth comparing a heat pump with a standard AC given the town's rebates.

Replacement work is permitted through the Town's building department, which is run by SAFEbuilt, and requires a Town contractor license. Equipment in the floodplain may also need a floodplain development permit.