EPA 608 Certification - Section 608
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What date was the sale of CFC's & HCFC's restricted to technicians certified in refrigerant recovery? -
✔✔November 14, 1994
Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires technicians to what? - ✔✔Recover all refrigerants.
The objective of the Clean Air Act is to protect what? - ✔✔The earth's stratosphere.
Which international treaty agreement was the basis for Section 608? - ✔✔The Montreal Protocol.
Depletion of the ozone in the stratosphere is know to cause what 6 things? - ✔✔
1.Crop losses
2.Increases in eye diseases
3.Skin Cancer
4.Reduced marine life
5.Deforestation
6.Increased ground level ozone
What happens when CFC or HCFC molecules get in the stratosphere & free atoms of Chlorine are set
free? - ✔✔These atoms attack Ozone Molecules causing the formation of Chlorine Monoxide (CLO), after
colliding with another Ozone Molecule, causes 2 Oxygen (O2) molecules to be made & leaving an atom
of chlorine to act as "Free Agent" starting the process over until 100,000 molecules of Ozone are
destroyed by just one atom of chloride.
, What date was recovery equipment required to be certified by a lab, & achieve higher evacuation levels,
& have low loss fittings? - ✔✔November 15, 1993
On what date was technician certification required? - ✔✔November 14, 1994
What date was CFC's phased out of production? - ✔✔December 31, 1995
What is EPA 608 Type I certification? - ✔✔Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of small
appliances (containing 5 pounds of refrigerant (or less).
What is EPA 608 Type II certification? - ✔✔Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of high and
very high pressure appliances. Except small appliances and motor vehicle air conditioning systems.
What is EPA 608 Type III certification? - ✔✔Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of low
pressure appliances.
What is EPA 608 Universal certification? - ✔✔Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of both
low and high pressure equipment, as well as appliances.
HCFC's - ✔✔HydroChloroFluoroCarbons
What are HydroChloroFluoroCarbons? - ✔✔Commonly known as HCFC's, they are a group of man-made
compunds containing hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, and carbon.
A recovery cylinder must not be filled more than ___ % of it's capacity by weight? - ✔✔80%
How should refrigerant cylinders be shipped? - ✔✔Up-right with proper DOT classification tags.
What oil MUST be used with ALL HFC's for HVAC/Refrigeration but will also work with CFC's and HCFC's. -
✔✔Polyolester
Refrigerant Recovery and Transition |
100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest
2024 Version
What date was the sale of CFC's & HCFC's restricted to technicians certified in refrigerant recovery? -
✔✔November 14, 1994
Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires technicians to what? - ✔✔Recover all refrigerants.
The objective of the Clean Air Act is to protect what? - ✔✔The earth's stratosphere.
Which international treaty agreement was the basis for Section 608? - ✔✔The Montreal Protocol.
Depletion of the ozone in the stratosphere is know to cause what 6 things? - ✔✔
1.Crop losses
2.Increases in eye diseases
3.Skin Cancer
4.Reduced marine life
5.Deforestation
6.Increased ground level ozone
What happens when CFC or HCFC molecules get in the stratosphere & free atoms of Chlorine are set
free? - ✔✔These atoms attack Ozone Molecules causing the formation of Chlorine Monoxide (CLO), after
colliding with another Ozone Molecule, causes 2 Oxygen (O2) molecules to be made & leaving an atom
of chlorine to act as "Free Agent" starting the process over until 100,000 molecules of Ozone are
destroyed by just one atom of chloride.
, What date was recovery equipment required to be certified by a lab, & achieve higher evacuation levels,
& have low loss fittings? - ✔✔November 15, 1993
On what date was technician certification required? - ✔✔November 14, 1994
What date was CFC's phased out of production? - ✔✔December 31, 1995
What is EPA 608 Type I certification? - ✔✔Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of small
appliances (containing 5 pounds of refrigerant (or less).
What is EPA 608 Type II certification? - ✔✔Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of high and
very high pressure appliances. Except small appliances and motor vehicle air conditioning systems.
What is EPA 608 Type III certification? - ✔✔Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of low
pressure appliances.
What is EPA 608 Universal certification? - ✔✔Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of both
low and high pressure equipment, as well as appliances.
HCFC's - ✔✔HydroChloroFluoroCarbons
What are HydroChloroFluoroCarbons? - ✔✔Commonly known as HCFC's, they are a group of man-made
compunds containing hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, and carbon.
A recovery cylinder must not be filled more than ___ % of it's capacity by weight? - ✔✔80%
How should refrigerant cylinders be shipped? - ✔✔Up-right with proper DOT classification tags.
What oil MUST be used with ALL HFC's for HVAC/Refrigeration but will also work with CFC's and HCFC's. -
✔✔Polyolester
