Not only does聽your air conditioner聽help you to stay聽comfortable, it’s also聽a health necessity聽during聽the聽extreme temperatures聽of summer.聽Unfortunately, when the聽cool聽air聽stops聽blowing or聽the system聽won’t聽come on聽at all, you’re聽not in a position聽to聽shop聽around for聽a few聽days.

When your聽air conditioning聽dies聽in the聽extreme temperatures聽of the summer, you聽don't always聽have time to聽look聽around for聽different聽quotes or research聽what you can expect to pay.聽Not knowing聽how much聽you can expect to pay聽when the聽air conditioning聽service聽technician聽knocks on your door聽can be聽scary, so we’re here聽with聽some聽price ranges on some聽basic聽services so you won’t be聽surprised聽when聽天美传媒聽arrives聽to get you聽cool and comfortable聽again.

Refrigerant Leak Detection & Repair: $150 – $500
AC Circuit Board Replacement: $450 – $1300
Thermostat Replacement: $200 – $500
Capacitor Replacement: $250 – $350
Contactor Replacement: $150 – $350
AC Fan Motor Replacement: $500 – $1200

Refrigerant Leak Detection and Repair

Depending on聽where the leak is, whether or not聽a leak test is needed, and what聽actually聽requires repair,聽an average聽refrigerant leak detection and repair can聽actually cost anywhere聽from $150 to $500 depending on聽how accessible the leak is for the technician. If you’re聽not confident,聽feel free to聽ask your聽air conditioning聽repair聽technician聽to聽walk you through聽his or her聽process and聽explain聽their findings.

AC Circuit Board Replacement

Sometimes聽the聽culprit聽may be beyond the聽air conditioner聽itself and the circuit board may聽need to be replaced. Depending on聽your AC make and model, a new circuit board for your聽AC聽could聽cost聽anywhere from $450 to $1300.

Thermostat Replacement

If you’re聽looking to replace聽your home’s thermostat, a smart Wi-Fi thermostat will聽likely聽cost more than a聽basic聽thermostat. Depending on聽the type of聽thermostat you聽go with, you’re聽looking at聽anywhere between $200 and $550 to聽have a new on installed.聽Fortunately, the聽newest聽thermostats聽may聽pay back their聽investment聽in energy management savings,聽depending on if聽they are programmed聽properly.

Capacitor or Contactor Replacement

If your聽air conditioner聽is still聽young聽or you聽want聽to repair your older聽AC聽instead of聽buying聽an energy-efficient聽A/C system聽upgrade, a capacitor will聽probably聽cost $250 to $350 and a contractor can聽cost聽a little lower, ranging from $150 – $350. These repairs are聽two聽of the most聽typical聽for your聽AC system.

AC聽Fan Motor Replacement

Again, it’s always聽good聽to聽consider聽the pros and cons of聽repairing聽your current聽air conditioning equipment聽versus聽buying聽an upgraded, more energy-efficient聽AC system. If replacing聽your AC's fan motor聽is the better聽option聽for you, a fan motor 谤别辫濒补肠别尘别苍迟听might聽cost聽between $500 and $1200.

NOTE: Part repair under warranty

A common聽misconception聽is that if聽the issue calls for a part to be replaced, that it is covered聽under聽the manufacturer’s equipment warranty; however, there are聽several other聽costs that may not be covered聽under聽the warranty that聽will be your responsibility. Even with聽typical聽repairs,聽such as聽a capacitor replacement, the聽company聽still has to process聽your聽warranty through the manufacturer so they can聽receive聽the credit on the part.聽Also, all manufacturers聽instruct聽the contractor to聽store聽the part for聽eight to sixteen weeks聽and may聽ask聽the contractor return the聽bad聽part at the contractor’s cost.聽Bigger聽repairs,聽such as a compressor,聽also require聽this process but聽these bigger聽repairs have聽ancillary聽supplies and materials required (i.e. refrigerant, copper fittings, etc.) that are not covered聽under聽the Original Equipment Manufacturer warranty.聽Unless you have聽a labor warranty you will聽always聽have to聽incur charges聽for the technician’s labor.

Some of our聽Membership Plans聽have聽parts and labor coverage聽that functions聽with聽the manufacturer’s warranty to聽protect聽you from聽sudden聽repair聽expenses.

Keep in mind聽that these聽prices聽are estimates and聽many times they can聽increase or decrease depending on聽the climate of your city, the聽particular聽issues with your聽equipment,聽the age of your air conditioner, and whether or not you’ve been聽receiving聽annual聽maintenance to maintain the聽health of your A/C聽and your manufacturer’s warranty. If your聽unit聽is pretty much dead聽and聽谤别辫濒补肠别尘别苍迟听is looking聽more likely, take a moment to聽read聽our聽air conditioner pricing guide.

If you聽would like more information聽or ever need expert聽air conditioning聽repair, call聽天美传媒聽24/7/365.