Exams / EPA Section 608 Technician Certification / 40 CFR §82.158
40 CFR §82.158 — what it says, and how the exam tests it
This section is cited by 10 of our practice questions and is tested on the EPA Section 608 Technician Certification.
The text
§ 82.158 Standards for recovery and/or recycling equipment. Starting January 1, 2017, this section applies to recovery and/or recycling equipment for use during the maintenance, service, repair, or disposal of appliances containing any class I or class II refrigerant or any non-exempt substitute refrigerant. (a) No person may manufacture or import recovery and/or recycling equipment for use during the maintenance, service, repair, or disposal of appliances unless the equipment is certified in accordance with this section. (b) No person may alter the design of certified refrigerant recovery and/or recycling equipment in a way that would affect the equipment's ability to meet the certification standards in this section without resubmitting the altered design for certification testing. Until it is tested and shown to meet the certification standards in this section, equipment so altered will be considered uncertified. (c) Recovery and/or recycling equipment manufactured or imported before November 15, 1993, intended for use during the maintenance, service, repair, or disposal of appliances (except small appliances, MVACs, and MVAC-like appliances) will be considered certified if it is capable of achieving the level of evacuation specified in Table 2 of this section when tested using a properly calibrated pressure gauge. (d) Manufacturers and importers of recovery and/or recycling equipment must have such equipment certified by an approved equipment testing organization as follows: (1) Recovery and/or recycling equipment manufactured or imported on or after November 15, 1993, and before September 22, 2003, intended for use during the maintenance, service, repair, or disposal of appliances (except small appliances, MVACs, and MVAC-like appliances) must be certified by an approved equipment testing organization as being capable of achieving the level of evacuation specified in Table 2 of this section under the conditions of appendix B1 of this subpart (based upon the ARI Standard 740-1993, Performance of Refrigerant Recovery, Recycling and/or Reclaim Equipment ). (2) Recovery and/or recycling equipment manufactured or imported on or after September 22, 2003, and before January 1, 2017, intended for use during the maintenance, service, repair, or disposal of appliances (except small appliances, MVACs, and MVAC-like appliances) must be certified by an approved…
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How it comes up on the exam
Practice questions written from this section — answers and explanations are in the drill.
- According to 40 CFR §82.158, recovery and/or recycling equipment manufactured on or after January 1, 2017 for non-flammable refrigerants must be certified under which testing standard?
drill Core → - A technician is using recovery equipment manufactured in 2015 to service a non-HCFC-22 high-pressure appliance with a full charge of 350 pounds. According to 40 CFR §82.158 Table 2, what evacuation level must the equipment be certified to achieve?
drill Type II — High-Pressure Appliances → - A technician recovers refrigerant from a low-pressure chiller using recovery equipment manufactured in 2010. According to Table 2, what level of evacuation must the certified recovery equipment be capable of achieving for low-pressure appliances?
drill Type III — Low-Pressure Appliances →