EPA 608 TYPE 1 Questions with Correct Solutions
Question:
1. Recovery equipemnt used for the service or repair of small appliances must be certified by
an EPA approved lab if the recovery equipment was made after
Answer:
November 15, 1993
Question:
2. Recovery devices made before 11-15-93 and are used for recovery of refrigerant from small
appliances must be capable of:
Answer:
recovering 80% of the refrigerant whether or not the compressor is operating or achieving a
4 inch vacuum under conditions of ARI 740-1993
Question:
3. EPA's definition of a small appliance includes:
Answer:
a device manufactored, charges & hermeticly sealed in factory with a charge of 5lbs or less
Question:
4. Tech's with a type 1 small appliance certification are certified to recover refrigerant during
the maintenance or repair of:
Answer:
PTAC's with 5lbs or less of refrigerant
Question:
5. 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
Answer:
a straight piece of tubing, called a process tube that is entered using a piercing valve
Question:
6. The EPA section 608 certification must be renewed every
Answer:
never
, Question:
7. 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
Answer:
small appliances
Question:
8. The sale od CFC & HCFC refrigerants is:
Answer:
restricted to techs who are EPA certified in refrigerant recovery
Question:
9. Anyone who recovers refrigeration during maintenance, service or repair of small
appliances must be certified as either a universal Tech or a:
Answer:
Type 1 tech
Question:
10. 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:
Answer:
it can help speed of recovery and required recovery effiency
Question:
11. If you install an access fitting into a sealed system:
Answer:
the fitting should be leak tested before proceeding with recovery
Question:
12. Before beginning a refrigerant recovery procedure it is alway necessary to:
Answer:
determine the type of refrigerant in the system
Question:
13. when recovering refrigerant into a non-pressurized container from a refrigerator with an
improper compressor:
Answer:
it is necessary to heat & strike the compressor with a rubber mallet
Question:
1. Recovery equipemnt used for the service or repair of small appliances must be certified by
an EPA approved lab if the recovery equipment was made after
Answer:
November 15, 1993
Question:
2. Recovery devices made before 11-15-93 and are used for recovery of refrigerant from small
appliances must be capable of:
Answer:
recovering 80% of the refrigerant whether or not the compressor is operating or achieving a
4 inch vacuum under conditions of ARI 740-1993
Question:
3. EPA's definition of a small appliance includes:
Answer:
a device manufactored, charges & hermeticly sealed in factory with a charge of 5lbs or less
Question:
4. Tech's with a type 1 small appliance certification are certified to recover refrigerant during
the maintenance or repair of:
Answer:
PTAC's with 5lbs or less of refrigerant
Question:
5. 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
Answer:
a straight piece of tubing, called a process tube that is entered using a piercing valve
Question:
6. The EPA section 608 certification must be renewed every
Answer:
never
, Question:
7. 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
Answer:
small appliances
Question:
8. The sale od CFC & HCFC refrigerants is:
Answer:
restricted to techs who are EPA certified in refrigerant recovery
Question:
9. Anyone who recovers refrigeration during maintenance, service or repair of small
appliances must be certified as either a universal Tech or a:
Answer:
Type 1 tech
Question:
10. 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:
Answer:
it can help speed of recovery and required recovery effiency
Question:
11. If you install an access fitting into a sealed system:
Answer:
the fitting should be leak tested before proceeding with recovery
Question:
12. Before beginning a refrigerant recovery procedure it is alway necessary to:
Answer:
determine the type of refrigerant in the system
Question:
13. when recovering refrigerant into a non-pressurized container from a refrigerator with an
improper compressor:
Answer:
it is necessary to heat & strike the compressor with a rubber mallet
