HVAC and Refrigeration Preventive Maintenance

Keep HVAC and refrigeration equipment running at peak performance

In this practical resource, a veteran service and repair professional with decades of hands-on experience walks you through the preventive maintenance process for residential and commercial HVAC and refrigeration systems. You'll learn how to inspect, adjust, clean, and test your products to ensure that they run efficiently and have a long service life.

Ideal for experienced service technicians, entry-level technicians, business owners, maintenance engineers, and do-it-yourself homeowners, this highly visual manual is filled with detailed instructions and clear photos and diagrams. Useful icons throughout the book indicate the degree of difficulty for each procedure. Save money and time, improve indoor air quality, and get maximum use from HVAC and refrigeration machines with help from this step-by-step guide.

HVAC and Refrigeration Preventive Maintenance covers:

• Safety practices
• Tools needed for installation, repair and preventive maintenance
• Indoor air quality (IAQ)
• Test and balance
• Principles of air conditioning and refrigeration
• Basic electricity and electronics
• Gas
• Oil
• Room air conditioners
• Residential air conditioning and heating
• Residential refrigeration appliances
• Commercial air conditioning and heating
• Water towers
• Self-contained commercial refrigerators and freezers
• Commercial ice machines
• Troubleshooting
• Where to get help

Acknowledgments
Introduction

Chapter 1 : Safety Practices
Chapter 2 : Tools Needed for Installation, Repair, and Preventative Maintenance
Chapter 3 : Indoor Air Quality
Chapter 4 : Test and Balance
Chapter 5 : Principles of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
Chapter 6 : Basic Electricity and Electronics
Chapter 7 : Gas
Chapter 8 : Oil
Chapter 9 : Room Air Conditioners
Chapter 10 : Residential Air Conditioning and Heating
Chapter 11 : Residential Refrigeration Appliances
Chapter 12 : Commercial Air Conditioning and Heating
Chapter 13 : Water-Cooling Towers
Chapter 14 : Self-Contained, Commercial Refrigerators and Freezers
Chapter 15 : Commercial Ice Machines
Chapter 16 : Troubleshooting
Chapter 17 : Where to Get Help

Glossary
Index