Heat Pump Repair in Clermont, FL
Homes here need heat from December through February and cooling from March through November. If your system quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Lake County will get in touch.
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Your heat pump runs almost every day of the year in Clermont
Twelve months of the year, this house needs either heat or cooling, and that means the heat pump is almost always on call. Summer afternoons average 91°F, so the compressor runs long hours all through the nine months of cooling season. Winter nights average 49°F, cool enough to send the unit into defrost and reverse cycle more than people expect from a Florida winter. That steady back and forth wears on the compressor and the reversing valve before either one fails outright.
Lake County has seen 41 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and storms like that bring power loss with them. A heat pump that loses power mid-cycle or takes a surge can come back with a tripped breaker, a bad control board, or a compressor that hums but won't start.
- 3 months
- December through February, your system heats
- 9 months
- March through November, it cools
- 49°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 91°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Florida requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
Florida's Construction Industry Licensing Board licenses HVAC contractors statewide. That license belongs to the contractor, not to a single job, so the same license that qualifies someone to work on your heat pump covers whatever HVAC work they take on next.
Repairing a heat pump means working on the refrigerant side of the system, and any technician who does that, anywhere in the country, has to hold EPA Section 608 certification. On a job like this, the state license accounts for the contractor, and the federal certification accounts for the part of the work that involves refrigerant.
Sources: Florida Legislature · Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- Why is my heat pump blowing cold air?
- In heating mode, a heat pump moves warmth from the outside air, so the air coming out of your vents is naturally cooler than what a furnace would give you, often close to body temperature rather than hot. If it feels flat out cold with no warmth to it at all, the system may have dropped into backup heat only, or the thermostat may be set to a mode that isn't calling for heat correctly. A frozen outdoor unit or a low refrigerant charge can also stop the heating side from working while the fan keeps running. On a cold night here, with winter lows averaging 49°F, that is worth having a contractor check rather than waiting out.
- Why is there ice on my heat pump?
- Some frost on the outdoor unit in winter is normal. Heat pumps run a defrost cycle on a timer to melt it off, then go back to heating. If the coil is coated in thick ice, or ice builds back up right after a defrost cycle finishes, something is stopping that cycle from working. That's usually a failed defrost control, a stuck reversing valve, or low refrigerant, and it needs a contractor to sort out rather than something to chip off yourself.
- Why is my heat pump running but not cooling?
- If the fan is running but the air isn't cold, the refrigerant side of the system likely isn't working the way it should. A dirty outdoor coil, a low refrigerant charge, or a failing compressor can all leave you with moving air and no cooling behind it. With summer afternoons here averaging 91°F, that's not something to leave for long. A contractor can check the refrigerant charge and the compressor to find out which one it is.