Common problem
Air Conditioner Not Turning On in Craigmore
A dead air conditioner on a hot Craigmore afternoon needs a fast answer, and Craigmore Air Conditioning finds the fault, quotes the fix upfront, and gets your cooling running again.
We work across Craigmore and the northern suburbs every week, and a unit that will not start is one of our most common call-outs. Most causes are simple and fixable.
Welcome
Your Trusted Craigmore Aircon Team for Units That Will Not Start
Craigmore Air Conditioning is a local, family-owned business with a full ARC refrigeration and air conditioning licence, L162586, and ten years on the tools. We are on these streets most weeks, and we answer urgent calls around the clock.
What you get
Why Your Aircon Will Not Start
A unit that sits silent usually has a cheap cause, and working from the simplest to the dearest saves you money. These are the culprits, cheapest first:
Tripped circuit breaker or safety switch
Flat remote batteries
A choked filter or iced coil
A failed start capacitor
A control board fault
A worn-out compressor
In detail
Checks You Can Safely Try First
A couple of minutes at the switchboard and the remote rules out the free fixes. Try these before you book anyone.
Check the switchboard
Look for a tripped breaker or safety switch labelled for the aircon or power point. Reset it once. If it trips again, leave it off and call us, because repeated resets hide a real fault.
Test the power point
Plug a lamp or phone charger into the outlet the unit runs from. No power there means the problem is electrical, not the air conditioner, and an electrician is your first call.
Try the remote
Fresh batteries, then point it straight at the indoor unit. If the unit beeps and the vane moves, the system is listening and the fault sits elsewhere.
Look at the filter
Open the indoor unit and check the filter. Fine dust builds fast here through our dry summers, and a badly choked filter can trip a protection cut-out on some models.
Credentials
When a Cooling Problem Needs a Licensed Tech
If power reaches the unit and it still will not start, the fault is inside, and that is licensed work. Refrigerant systems are not DIY territory, and poking around a control board risks a bigger bill.
Call us when you notice any of these:
- The breaker trips every time the unit kicks in
- A hum or click, then nothing at all
- A burning smell from the indoor or outdoor unit
- The unit ran fine yesterday and is completely dead today
Older homes through the State Housing Trust pockets and the 1970s estates often run original switchboards and second-generation wiring, so an aircon fault there can trace back to the electrics as easily as the unit. We will tell you which it is.
How it works
How We Get a Split System Running Again
Every job starts with a diagnosis, not a guess. We find the actual fault, then quote it fixed before any work starts under our Fixed Upfront Pricing, so there are no hourly rates and no bill shock.
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Diagnose
We test power, capacitor, board and compressor to find the real fault.
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Quote
You get the price in writing before a single part comes out.
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Repair
We carry common parts like capacitors and boards, so most units are back on the same visit.
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Guarantee
Our Lifetime Labour Warranty covers workmanship, so if a fault comes back because of our work, we return and fix it at no cost.
If the unit is past a decade and the compressor has failed, we will say so. Most Craigmore households own their homes and plan to stay, so we compare the repair figure against a replacement honestly. Our air conditioning replacement page covers that path, and air conditioning repairs covers everything short of it.
Good to know
Air Conditioner Not Turning On FAQs
Why does my aircon trip the power when it starts?
A compressor or start capacitor drawing too much current on kick-in is the usual cause, and because it sits in the switchboard, switch it off at the unit and call us rather than resetting it.
Can a flat remote battery stop the whole system?
It can, because the indoor unit will not receive a start command without it, so fresh batteries are worth trying before you book a call-out, and they cost a couple of dollars.
Is an old unit worth repairing or should I replace it?
Past a decade, a failed compressor or control board often costs more than it is worth to fix, and we will compare repair and replacement honestly before you spend anything.
Do you come out after hours when the unit dies?
Yes, we hold 24/7 emergency availability, and urgent calls get our Within-the-Hour Response where availability allows, which matters in Craigmore when the house will not cool.
Call Now and Get Your Dead Aircon Fixed Before the Next Heatwave
Ring (08) 8246 6297 and describe what the unit is doing, and we will talk you through the quick checks, then book a visit that suits you. New customers get $50 off first service, and urgent faults get our Within-the-Hour Response, where availability allows.
- Fixed Upfront Pricing
- Lifetime Labour Warranty
- Fully licensed and insured
- 24/7 emergency service
$50 off first service for new customers.
Fixed quote request
Tell us what the system is doing
We ring back to confirm a time. Or call (08) 8246 6297 now.