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Why Your Air Conditioner Keeps Shutting Off the Breaker

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A circuit breaker that repeatedly shuts down your air conditioner is doing more than interrupting a cooling cycle. It is reacting to an electrical condition that should not be happening. The usual scenario is familiar. Your AC suddenly stops, the indoor temperature begins climbing, and you discover the breaker has tripped. You reset it, the cooling system comes back on, and the problem appears to be gone. Then, later in the day, the breaker opens again. That second trip is important. In most situations, the breaker itself is not the reason the AC stopped working. It is a safety device responding to excessive electrical current. When an air conditioner begins pulling more amperage than its circuit is designed to handle, the breaker disconnects power to help prevent overheating. Summer conditions in Elgin can bring developing HVAC problems to the surface quickly. High temperatures and humidity throughout the Fox River valley can keep cooling equipment running for long periods, especially...
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Why Your AC Loses Performance After Heavy Use

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Back in early June, your air conditioner may have had no trouble keeping the house at 72 degrees. By late August, however, that same system can seem far less capable. It may stay on for longer periods, the air blowing from the registers may feel warmer than before, and indoor temperatures can remain several degrees above the thermostat setting during the hottest afternoon hours. The system may not have suffered a sudden or obvious breakdown. Instead, its performance has slowly declined after weeks of demanding operation.  TexAire Heating & Air Conditioning  regularly sees this pattern in Lewisville once a North Texas summer has kept cooling equipment running hard for an extended period. Air conditioners in this part of Texas work under demanding conditions. Lewisville can experience close to three months of afternoon temperatures in the upper 90s, while nighttime lows often remain in the mid 70s or warmer. From June through September, many cooling systems operate for a lar...
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Why Your Energy Bill Soars During Late Summer

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The August electric bill can be enough to make a homeowner look twice. Nothing inside the home seems different, the thermostat may have stayed at the same temperature since May, but the amount due is suddenly higher than July and significantly above what appeared on the June statement. It is easy to assume the air conditioner is solely responsible, and in certain situations, it may be part of the problem. However, a higher late-summer bill is usually caused by several factors occurring within the same 30-day period.  Jurnee Mechanical Heating & Air Conditioning  hears this concern regularly from Hutto homeowners when late-summer utility statements begin arriving. Three separate factors typically contribute to the increase, and each can affect the bill independently. Hot weather forces the cooling system to operate for more hours. Months of continuous use can gradually reduce HVAC efficiency, causing the system to provide less cooling during each hour it runs. Electricity...
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