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52 Cards in this Set
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What is the most popular heating fuel used?
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Natural Gas
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What are the 4 main elements of a mechanical refrigeration system?
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Compressor, Evaporator, Condensor, Expansion Device or Metering Device.
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Air Conditioning and refrigeration tubing sizes are expressed in terms of:
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Outside Diameter (OD)
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What type of copper piping is used in Air conditioning and refrigeration work?
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Annealed Copper refrigeration tubing (ACR)
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When laying out offsets _______ elbows should be used.
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45 degree
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Tee fittings can cause a condition known as bullheading or:
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Turbulence
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Soldering is done at temperatures:
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Below 800 degree F.
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Brazing is done at temperatures:
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Above 800 degree F.
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The pressure-reducing regulator is set for no more than ________ must be used with acetylene.
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15 psig
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When adjusting the torch oxygen system the oxygen regulator turns clockwise until __________ and the acetylene regulator is adjusted to _________.
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20 psig / 5 psig
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What is the most common flame used for almost all fusion welding and brazing applications?
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Neutral flame
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Nitrogen flowing thru the tubing to keep all the oxygen / air out while being brazed is called?
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Purging
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The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one pound of water 1 degree F. is called ?
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British thermal unit (BTU)
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Heat that can be sensed by a thermometer is called?
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Sensible heat
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Heat energy that is absorbed or rejected when a sustance is changing state ( Solid to liquid) without change is called:
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Latent heat
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When all the liquid in the evaporator has fully converted to a vapor it is called:
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Superheated
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When all the gas has fully converted to a liquid in the condensing unit it is called:
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Subcooling
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What are the 3 different ways to move or transfer heat?
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Conduction, convection, radiation
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Every square inch of any surface at sea level or Atmospheric pressure is at:
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14.7 psia
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The absolute pressure scale is expressed as (PSI) starting from:
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0
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Guage pressures can easily be converted to absolute pressures by:
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Adding 14.7 to the guage - pressure value.
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Converts low pressure gas to a high temperature high pressure gas:
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Compressor
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Converts high temperature high pressure gas to a high pressure liquid (subcooling):
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Condensor
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Converts a high pressure liquid (subcooled) to a low pressure liquid:
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Expansion Device or metering device
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Converts low pressure liquid to a low pressure gas (superheated)
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Evaporator
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Temperature of the gas in the discharge line is ___________ higher than the outside air temperature.
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20 to 30 degree
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When subcooled liquid exits the condensing unit the liquid goes thru the:
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Filter dryer
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The Thermal expansion valve (TXV)
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Regulates and maintains the superheat.
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The optimum temperature inside the evaporator is:
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40 degree F.
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The condensor:
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Rejects heat
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The evaporator:
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Absorbs heat
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A mixture of __________________ is supplied from the metering device to the evaporator.
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75% liquid / 25% gas
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What is the color-coded cylinder for HFC 410A?
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Pink or (Rose)
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Welded hermetic compressors that are frequently used on appliances, room air conditioners, and central air conditioners below 5 tons are:
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Rotary Compressors
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Welded hermetic compressors that have the fewest working parts, a valve is used on the discharge line to prevent reverse rotation.
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Scroll Compressors
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The most common type of condenser is called:
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Fin and tube condenser
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They work on both the high pressure and low pressure sides:
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Pressurestat
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Ensure single direction flow. They prevent reverse flow.
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Check valves
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Four common leak detectors:
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Electronic, ultrasonic, ultraviolet/fluorescent, liquid (bubble)
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Systems with a partial charge must first be:
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Recovered
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The vacuum pump oil should be changed:
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After every 10 hours of use / Allways immediately after pumping down a wet or contaminated system.
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A deep vacuum is a vacuum of:
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500 microns or less (29.90 in. Hg)
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A triple evacuation is a vacuum of:
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1000 microns (29.88 in. Hg)
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When charging a system with 410A the charging cylinder must be selected to:
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Liquid
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When recovering refrigerant you should not fill the recovery tank no more than:
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80% = (CW x .8 + TW - refrigerant already in tank)
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If a system has a fixed metering device it shall be charged by:
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Superheat
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If a system has a Thermal expansion device (TXV) it shall be charged by:
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Subcooling
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What is Target Superheat?
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3 x WB - 80 - DB divided by 2
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How do you get Subcooling?
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Liquid line temperature - Liquid guage temperature
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A range of temperatures in which a zeotrope refrigerant will evaporate and condense for a given pressure.
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Temperature glide
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If a leak in a system using a zeotrope refrigerant is repaired:
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Recharge the system with new refrigerant.
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What is actual Superheat?
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Suction line temperature - Suction guage temperature
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