Recovery equipemnt used for the service or buisiness. The only exception to this rule are
repair of small appliances must be certified by an persons working on - ANSWER -small
EPA approved lab if the recovery equipment was appliances
made after - ANSWER -November 15,
1993
The sale od CFC & HCFC refrigerants is: -
ANSWER -restricted to techs who are EPA
Recovery devices made before 11-15-93 and are certified in refrigerant recovery
used for recovery of refrigerant from small
appliances must be capable of: -
ANSWER -recovering 80% of the Anyone who recovers refrigeration during
refrigerant whether or not the compressor is maintenance, service or repair of small
operating or achieving a 4 inch vacuum under appliances must be certified as either a universal
conditions of ARI 740-1993 Tech or a: - ANSWER -Type 1 tech
EPA's definition of a small appliance includes: - When recovering refrigerant from a household
ANSWER -a device manufactored, charges refrigerator who's compressor does not run, it is
& hermeticly sealed in factory with a charge of recommended that a low and high side access
5lbs or less valves be installed because: - ANSWER -it
can help speed of recovery and required
recovery effiency
Tech's with a type 1 small appliance certification
are certified to recover refrigerant during the
maintenance or repair of: - ANSWER - If you install an access fitting into a sealed
PTAC's with 5lbs or less of refrigerant system: - ANSWER -the fitting should be
leak tested before proceeding with recovery
EPA requires that all small appliances be
equipped with a service aperture or other device Before beginning a refrigerant recovery
that is used when adding or removing refrigerant procedure it is alway necessary to: -
from the appliance. For small appliances this ANSWER -determine the type of refrigerant
service port typically - ANSWER -a straight in the system
piece of tubing, called a process tube that is
entered using a piercing valve
when recovering refrigerant into a non-
pressurized container from a refrigerator with an
The EPA section 608 certification must be improper compressor: - ANSWER -it is
renewed every - ANSWER -never necessary to heat & strike the compressor with a
rubber mallet
It is an EPS regulation that any person who
opens and appliance for maintenance, service or When checking for the existence of
repair must have at least one self-contained noncondensable gases inside a recovery
recovery machine avalible at their place of cyclinder, why is it proper procedure to allow the
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