Type I Flashcards
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Recovery devices made after November 15, 1993 must be certified by an EPA-approved equipment testing organization to meet which standard?
Answer: ARI 740
Post-1993 recovery equipment must be certified to the ARI (now AHRI) 740 standard by an approved laboratory.
What is the leak-rate threshold that requires repair for comfort-cooling appliances? (general 608 knowledge)
Answer: 10%
Comfort-cooling appliances with 50 or more pounds must be repaired when they leak at an annual rate of 10% or more.
A technician evacuating a small appliance to 4 inches of vacuum is satisfying which requirement?
Answer: The post-1993 recovery alternative
Reaching 4 inches of mercury vacuum is the alternative to the 90% recovery requirement for post-1993 equipment.
Before recovering refrigerant from a small appliance, the technician should do what with the recovery cylinder?
Answer: Verify it is a DOT-approved recovery cylinder and not overfilled
Only DOT-approved recovery cylinders should be used, and they must never be filled beyond 80% of capacity.
A recovery cylinder should never be filled beyond what percentage of its capacity?
Answer: 80%
Recovery cylinders must not be filled above 80% to allow room for liquid expansion and prevent rupture.
Who is responsible for ensuring that refrigerant is recovered before a small appliance is disposed of?
Answer: The final person in the disposal chain who accepts it
The last person in the disposal chain must verify refrigerant recovery or have a signed statement that it was recovered.
Refrigerant recovered from a small appliance and sent off-site to be returned to manufacturer specs must be processed by which entity?
Answer: A certified reclaimer
Refrigerant returned to new-product purity (ARI 700) for sale to another owner must be processed by an EPA-certified reclaimer.