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Residential Air Conditioning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 6' round duct has a ballpark cfm of what?
To keep refrigerant from absorbing heat and to prevent condensation from forming on the line
45-55%
100
Any amount
2. Where do you apply flux when soldering?
The suction line or the low-pressure side
It rises
Compressor
Outside of the male fitting
3. What are the components of a hard-start kit?
Potential relay and start capacitor
Static pressure - velocity pressure - and total pressure
A band 4 inches or more in width
The takeoff fitting
4. What are the two ways that fresh air enters a structure?
TXV
Infiltration and ventilation
They are larger
Rise
5. What do you use to connect square and rectangular ductboard together?
Static pressure - velocity pressure - and total pressure
L-type
S-clips and drives (cleats)
They are larger
6. What are the three ways a motor can fail electrically?
To lower the amount of pressure drop through the coil
2 minutes
300
Shorted winding - open winding - and grounded winding
7. Sections of duct board can be fastened together with what?
5 degrees
S-clips and drives (cleats)
Side-by-side and over-and-under
Staples and tape
8. When must a copper joint never be soldered or brazed?
Outside diameter (OD)
TXV
When the system is under pressure
5 degrees
9. Do you need a trap on a push-through evaporator?
25-ft or 50-ft
Over/under and side by side
Over 800 degrees F
No
10. Do you need a vent on a pull-through evaporator?
5 degrees
Yes
Negative
Individual return air systems and central return air systems
11. What are the two types of return air systems in residential installations?
Pi x radius squared
100
Any amount
Individual return air systems and central return air systems
12. Will a dirty condenser cause a rise or fall in pressure?
Individual return air systems and central return air systems
40 degrees F
The takeoff fitting
Rise
13. How are round ducts connected to one another?
TXV
Yes
Potential relay and start capacitor
With a minimum of three evenly spaced self-tapping screws
14. How do you calculate cfm?
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15. If the rpm's are 1750 - how many poles does the motor have?
4
400
SEER includes the energy used in the start-up and shut-down cycles
Yes
16. How do you calculate the area of a circle?
With an are rating
Pi x radius squared
Any amount
True
17. How is ACR tubing sized?
40 degrees F
45-55%
Indoor fan motor - outdoor fan motor - and the compressor
Outside diameter (OD)
18. What tool is used to expand the diameter of soft copper tubing
Nominal-sized tubing
40 degrees F
Subtract ambient temperature from 100
A swaging tool
19. In what length rolls is soft copper tubing normally available?
25-ft or 50-ft
Before the vent
Indoor fan motor - outdoor fan motor - and the compressor
Btu/hr (output) / wattage (input)
20. At what temperature does refrigerant condense in a high-efficiency unit?
20 degrees above ambient
Potential relay and start capacitor
400
300
21. 9' round duct has a ballpark cfm of what?
105 degrees F
On the common terminal
300
With a minimum of three evenly spaced self-tapping screws
22. What are the two functions of the air-conditioning system?
RLA/FLA x 5
In series
To remove humidity and lower dry bulb temperature
Yes
23. 10 SEER is classified as what kind of efficiency?
Standard
Subtract ambient temperature from 100
Outside of the male fitting
An air-conditioning system that has all four components (compressor - condenser - metering device - and evaporator) in one housing.
24. Do you need a trap on a push-through evaporator?
45 degrees F
100
Vapor
No
25. How many amps can 8 g wire handle?
Infiltration and ventilation
It will be low
40 A
30 degrees F
26. When do you install a trap on a drain line?
When it is a pull-through evaporator
S-clips and drives (cleats)
Infiltration and ventilation
Below 800 degrees F
27. If the rpm's are 1750 - how many poles does the motor have?
With an are rating
With 4' saddles
4
Fiberglass
28. Can refrigerant line sets be altered in length?
Yes
Heat load
A dirty evaporator
When it is a pull-through evaporator
29. How is nominal-sized tubing sized?
A band 4 inches or more in width
Inside diameter (ID)
20 degrees F
It rises
30. If the suction pressure rises - what happens to the head pressure?
It also rises
40 degrees F
Slugging
Pistons
31. How much superheat do you need to prevent liquid refrigerant from entering the compressor?
A diffuser
Any amount
150
40 degrees F
32. What sort of pressure will a push-through evaporator have?
Positive
20 degrees above ambient
Any amount
8-12 degrees F
33. How long should you leave a system off once you kill power before restarting it?
Pull a vacuum
Duct with insulation on the inside
2 minutes
RLA/FLA x 5
34. Where do you install a trap on a drain line?
Yes
A dirty evaporator
Before the vent
Any amount
35. How are round ducts connected to one another?
With a minimum of three evenly spaced self-tapping screws
On the common terminal
In series
400
36. How will too much refrigerant effect superheat?
It will be low
8-12 degrees F
20 degrees above ambient
When it is a pull-through evaporator
37. Superheat should never be below how many degrees
The takeoff fitting
1/4'
5 degrees
Yes
38. A reciprocating compressor has what sort of moving parts?
To lower the amount of pressure drop through the coil
Shorted winding - open winding - and grounded winding
Pistons
Outside diameter (OD)
39. What percentage silver do you use to braze two dissimilar metals such as steel and copper?
Compressor
Over 800 degrees F
45-55%
Blended refrigerants
40. What are the two types of return air systems in residential installations?
Individual return air systems and central return air systems
Shorted winding - open winding - and grounded winding
300
Belt drive and direct drive
41. Where do you check the amps on a motor?
On the common terminal
Standard
It rises
Inside diameter (ID)
42. Multiple-zone systems often use what to alleviate the problem of excess air when only some zones are calling for conditioning?
Pull a vacuum
Fiberglass
A bypass duct or a dump zone
Boil the liquid refrigerant out ot the oil within the crankcase
43. 10' round duct has a ballpark cfm of what?
Over/under and side by side
Fiberglass
400
Suction
44. What kind of refrigeratnts must be added in liquid form?
Over/under and side by side
Boil the liquid refrigerant out ot the oil within the crankcase
Blended refrigerants
It will have a decrease in superheat
45. What sort of pressure will a pull-through evaporator have?
Negative
95 degrees F outside - 80 degrees F inside - and 50% relative humidity
TXV
Shorted winding - open winding - and grounded winding
46. What is considered normal operating conditions?
Over/under and side by side
100
5 degrees
75 degrees F dry bulb indoor - 95 degrees F drybulb outdoor - and 50% relative humidity
47. Where do you install a trap on a drain line?
A dirty evaporator
A piston type metering device
A diffuser
Before the vent
48. What percentage silver do you need to use for an are-410 system?
An air-conditioning system that has all four components (compressor - condenser - metering device - and evaporator) in one housing.
Boil the liquid refrigerant out ot the oil within the crankcase
40 degrees F
15% silphos
49. How are the high pressure switch and the low pressure switch wired with the compressor contactor?
Rise
40 degrees F
In series
Side-by-side and over-and-under
50. How are high-efficiency condenser coils different from standard-efficiency condenser coils?
95 degrees F outside - 80 degrees F inside - and 50% relative humidity
They are physically larger
25-ft or 50-ft
20 degrees above ambient