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Air conditioner repair in Sheboygan County.
Blowing warm, iced over, cycling every four minutes, or making a noise it was not making last week. Tell us what it is doing and we will tell you what it costs before we touch it.
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- NATE-certified technicians
- We service every brand
- Locally-owned since 2008
What we get called for
Four calls we run every week in July
If your air conditioner is doing one of these, you are not the first person to call us about it today.
It runs, but the air is warm
A failed run capacitor, a contactor that is not pulling in, a condenser fan that has stopped, or a system low on refrigerant because it is leaking somewhere. All four look identical from inside the house.
Get it looked at
There is ice on the coil or the line
Ice means either not enough air moving across the indoor coil or not enough refrigerant in the system. Shut the cooling off, leave the fan running to thaw it, and change the filter. Do not chip at it.
Get it looked at
It starts and stops every few minutes
Short cycling. Usually a dirty coil, a restricted filter or a low charge, but an oversized system does it too, and no repair fixes that one. A hard-start rattle followed by a shutdown is a different problem again.
Get it looked at
It is old and it runs R-22
R-22 came out of production in 2020. Everything still in circulation is reclaimed, the price reflects that, and a leaking R-22 system will want more of it next year. That is usually a replacement conversation.
Replacement optionsHow we work
Six things that decide whether a repair call goes well
We find the leak before we add refrigerant
A sealed system does not consume refrigerant. If yours is low, it is going somewhere. Topping it up without finding the leak means selling you the same refrigerant twice, and next summer you are back where you started.
We check the cheap things first
A fair share of the calls that come in as a dead air conditioner are a filter choked solid, a plugged condensate drain that tripped the float switch, or a breaker. We check those before we start talking about compressors, because we would rather give you the cheap answer.
You get the price before the work
We diagnose, then we quote, then you decide. That holds for a twenty-dollar capacitor and it holds for a compressor. You will never see a number on an invoice that you have not already agreed to.
We check incoming line voltage
Most shops skip this. Line voltage in parts of the county runs near the top of the legal range, and that quietly destroys the electronics in modern inverter-driven equipment. If a system has eaten more than one board, the board is not the problem.
Parts on the truck for the common failures
Run capacitors, contactors, condenser fan motors, float switches and thermostats. The failures behind most warm-air calls get fixed on the first visit rather than after a parts order.
We tell you when the refrigerant has decided it
On an old R-22 system with a leaking coil, the refrigerant cost alone can approach the cost of a new outdoor unit, and it will happen again. We will say that out loud rather than quietly running up a bill.
The honest question
Repair it, or replace it?
Wisconsin's short cooling season pushes this line later than it sits in most of the advice online, because you are not running the equipment enough hours for an efficiency upgrade to pay you back fast. Plenty of fourteen-year-old air conditioners here are worth a repair.
| What we look at | Lean toward repair | Lean toward replace |
|---|---|---|
| Age of the system | Under twelve years | Fifteen years or more |
| Refrigerant it runs | R-410A, still widely available | R-22, out of production since 2020 |
| What has actually failed | Capacitor, contactor, fan motor, control board | Compressor, or the outdoor coil itself |
| If it is leaking | One fitting, found and repaired | A leaking evaporator coil in an old system |
| How the furnace is doing | Furnace has years left in it | Furnace is near the end too, and they share the blower |
| What you want out of it | Cooling for a few weeks a year | Heating as well, from a heat pump, year round |
Refrigerant is the row that ends most of these conversations. R-22 production and import stopped in 2020, so what is left is reclaimed stock at reclaimed prices, and a leaking system will want more of it again next summer.
Straight answers
AC repair questions we actually get
Why is my air conditioner running but not cooling?
The four usual causes are a failed run capacitor, a contactor that is not closing, a stopped condenser fan, and a system that has lost refrigerant through a leak. From inside the house all four look the same: the thermostat calls, something hums, and the air at the register is not cold. The first three are ordinary repairs. The fourth needs the leak found, because a sealed system does not use refrigerant up on its own.
Why is my air conditioner freezing up?
Ice on the indoor coil or the copper line means either too little air moving across the coil or too little refrigerant in the system. The most common cause by a distance is a filter that has not been changed, followed by a dirty evaporator coil, closed registers and a failing blower. Switch the cooling off, leave the fan running so the ice can melt, and change the filter. If it ices up again after that, it needs a technician.
Why does my air conditioner turn on and off every few minutes?
Short cycling usually means the system is losing its ability to move heat, so it satisfies a sensor and stops before it has done anything useful. The common causes are a dirty outdoor coil, a restricted filter, a low refrigerant charge or a failing capacitor. The one cause no repair can fix is an air conditioner that was oversized for the house when it went in, which cools the air fast, shuts off, and never runs long enough to pull humidity out.
What does air conditioner repair cost?
It depends entirely on the part. A capacitor is at the low end; a condenser fan motor is more; a compressor is in a different category altogether and is usually the point at which we start talking about replacement instead. What we can promise is the sequence. We diagnose, we hand you a written price, and you decide before any work starts.
Do you charge a diagnostic fee?
Yes. There is a charge for the visit and the diagnosis, and we tell you what it is when you book rather than when we arrive. If you go ahead with the repair, it is folded into the job.
My air conditioner uses R-22. Can it still be repaired?
It can be repaired, but the refrigerant changes the arithmetic. R-22 production and import into the United States stopped at the start of 2020, so the only supply left is reclaimed, and it is priced accordingly. A mechanical repair on an R-22 system that is not leaking is often still worth doing. Recharging an R-22 system that is leaking rarely is, because the leak means you will be buying it again. If your system has a yellow-labelled outdoor unit from before about 2010, it is worth asking.
Is it normal for my air conditioner to make noise?
A steady hum from the outdoor unit and air noise at the registers are normal. A scraping or grinding is a fan or blower bearing and should be looked at before it seizes. A hard buzzing or a rattling start that ends in a shutdown is usually electrical, often the capacitor or the contactor. A hiss or a bubbling sound near the lines can indicate a refrigerant leak. Screaming or a loud metallic banging means shut it off and call.
What should I check before calling for AC repair?
Four things, each worth thirty seconds. Check the thermostat is set to cool and its batteries are good. Check the breaker for both the furnace and the outdoor unit, and the disconnect box beside the condenser. Check the filter is not completely blocked. Look for standing water near the indoor unit, because a plugged condensate drain will trip a float switch and shut the system down deliberately. If all four are fine, call us.
Hot house? Let's get it running.
Tell us the make, roughly how old it is, and what it is doing. That is usually enough for us to know what we are walking into and what to put on the truck.
Or call us directly
(920) 564-2333Mon–Fri 7am–3pm. After hours, the same number reaches our on-call technician.