AC Repair in Las Vegas, NV
Air conditioners here run from May through October. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Clark County will get in touch.
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Six months of Las Vegas heat wears an AC down fast
Your air conditioner runs from May through October here, six months straight, and on a 98°F afternoon it barely gets a break between cycles. The compressor has to work harder and longer to pull heat out of air that hot, and that load is what wears down a capacitor or a compressor before its time.
Clark County has also logged 306 damaging wind events over the last ten years. A unit that gets knocked around or caked with debris in a windstorm can start short cycling or blowing warm air weeks later, once the strain catches up with it.
- 6 months
- May through October, your air conditioner is on duty
- 98°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
- 28 hail events
- in ten years, and hail bends the fins on outdoor coils
- 306 wind events
- in ten years, and wind drives debris into outdoor units
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new air conditioner would cut about $90 a year off cooling for a typical Clark County home.
Estimates for a typical Clark County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Nevada 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.
Nevada requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The Nevada State Contractors Board tests contractors before issuing that license and keeps a record of who holds one. The license belongs to the contractor, not to any single job, so the same license is what stands behind every repair that contractor takes on.
For a repair on your air conditioner, that license is what you're relying on. Nevada puts the accountability on the contractor rather than on a check specific to this job. If the repair involves opening the refrigerant lines, whoever does that work also needs to hold EPA Section 608 certification, a federal requirement that applies in every state on top of whatever license Nevada itself issues.
Sources: Nevada Legislature · Nevada State Contractors Board
- Why is my AC not blowing cold air?
- Most of the time the outdoor unit has stopped working while the indoor fan keeps running, so you feel air but it is not cold. A dirty air filter or a coil covered in ice can also block the cooling even though the blower sounds fine. Summer afternoons here average 98°F, and running a system low on refrigerant or with a failing compressor for very long in that heat can cause more damage. It is worth having a contractor look at it soon rather than waiting it out.
- Why is my AC leaking water?
- Your AC makes water as it cools the air, and that water is supposed to drain outside through a condensate line. When that line clogs with algae or dirt, the water backs up and drips inside instead, often near the indoor unit or through a ceiling if the unit sits in an attic. A frozen coil that later thaws can also flood the drain pan faster than it can keep up. Either way, the fix is clearing or repairing the drain, and it is not something to leave alone since water damage adds up fast.
- Why won't my AC turn on?
- Start with the thermostat. Check that it has power and is set to cool, below the room temperature. If the thermostat looks fine, check the breaker next, since a tripped breaker will shut the whole system down. When neither of those is the issue, the problem is usually inside the unit itself. A failed capacitor or a bad control board are common causes, and that calls for a licensed contractor to diagnose it.