EPA Section 608 Type 1 Exam (Updated
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• Recovery devices made before 11-15-93 and are used for recovery of
refrigerant from small appliances must be capable of: -✓✓recovering
80% of the refrigerant whether or not the compressor is operating or
achieving a 4 inch vacuum under conditions of ARI 740-1993
• EPA's definition of a small appliance includes: -✓✓a device
manufactored, charges & hermeticly sealed in factory with a charge of
5lbs or less
• Tech's with a type 1 small appliance certification are certified to
recover refrigerant during the maintenance or repair of: -✓✓PTAC's
with 5lbs or less of refrigerant
• EPA requires that all small appliances be equipped with a service
aperture or other device that is used when adding or removing
refrigerant from the appliance. For small appliances this service port
typically -✓✓a straight piece of tubing, called a process tube that is
entered using a piercing valve
• The EPA section 608 certification must be renewed every -✓✓never
, • It is an EPS regulation that any person who opens and appliance for
maintenance, service or repair must have at least one self-contained
recovery machine avalible at their place of buisiness. The only exception
to this rule are persons working on -✓✓small appliances
• The sale od CFC & HCFC refrigerants is: -✓✓restricted to techs who
are EPA certified in refrigerant recovery
• Anyone who recovers refrigeration during maintenance, service or
repair of small appliances must be certified as either a universal Tech or
a: -✓✓Type 1 tech
• When recovering refrigerant from a household refrigerator who's
compressor does not run, it is recommended that a low and high side
access valves be installed because: -✓✓it can help speed of recovery and
required recovery effiency
• If you install an access fitting into a sealed system: -✓✓the fitting
should be leak tested before proceeding with recovery
• Before beginning a refrigerant recovery procedure it is alway necessary
to: -✓✓determine the type of refrigerant in the system
2026) | Comprehensive Review with Solved
Questions and Accurate Answers | Graded
A+ Guaranteed
• Recovery devices made before 11-15-93 and are used for recovery of
refrigerant from small appliances must be capable of: -✓✓recovering
80% of the refrigerant whether or not the compressor is operating or
achieving a 4 inch vacuum under conditions of ARI 740-1993
• EPA's definition of a small appliance includes: -✓✓a device
manufactored, charges & hermeticly sealed in factory with a charge of
5lbs or less
• Tech's with a type 1 small appliance certification are certified to
recover refrigerant during the maintenance or repair of: -✓✓PTAC's
with 5lbs or less of refrigerant
• EPA requires that all small appliances be equipped with a service
aperture or other device that is used when adding or removing
refrigerant from the appliance. For small appliances this service port
typically -✓✓a straight piece of tubing, called a process tube that is
entered using a piercing valve
• The EPA section 608 certification must be renewed every -✓✓never
, • It is an EPS regulation that any person who opens and appliance for
maintenance, service or repair must have at least one self-contained
recovery machine avalible at their place of buisiness. The only exception
to this rule are persons working on -✓✓small appliances
• The sale od CFC & HCFC refrigerants is: -✓✓restricted to techs who
are EPA certified in refrigerant recovery
• Anyone who recovers refrigeration during maintenance, service or
repair of small appliances must be certified as either a universal Tech or
a: -✓✓Type 1 tech
• When recovering refrigerant from a household refrigerator who's
compressor does not run, it is recommended that a low and high side
access valves be installed because: -✓✓it can help speed of recovery and
required recovery effiency
• If you install an access fitting into a sealed system: -✓✓the fitting
should be leak tested before proceeding with recovery
• Before beginning a refrigerant recovery procedure it is alway necessary
to: -✓✓determine the type of refrigerant in the system
