Reader-friendly and packed with useful tips, COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION FOR AIR CONDITIONING TECHNICIANS, 3rd Edition, helps you apply existing skills to new concepts in order to service medium- and low-temperature refrigeration equipment such as walk-ins, reach-ins, refrigerated cases, and ice machines. Readings focus on the food service industry, and include "how-to" advice from seasoned pros on installing, servicing, and troubleshooting commercial equipment. Freshly updated to include the latest industry changes, this new edition adds six full sections of content, as well as 150 helpful illustrations, pictures, and diagrams-including a step-by-step flowchart for quickly diagnosing and addressing the nine most common refrigeration problems you will see on the job. A resource to keep in your truck or the shop, COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION FOR AIR CONDITIONING TECHNICIANS, 3rd Edition, is ideal for any technician working with commercial refrigeration today.
Preface.
1. Refrigeration.
2. Evaporators.
3. Condensers.
4. Compressors.
5. Metering Devices.
6. Controls and Accessories.
7. Refrigeration System Troubleshooting.
8. Compressor Motor Controls.
9. Retrofitting, Recovery, Evacuation, and Charging.
10. Supermarket Refrigeration.
11. Walk-in Refrigerators and Freezers.
12. Ice Machines.
13. Product Temperatures for Preservation and Health.
14. Refrigeration Business Tips.
Appendix A: Summary of T.R.O.T.
Appendix B: Pressure Temperature (P/T) Chart.
Appendix C: Troubleshooting Charts.
Glossary.
Index.
Dick Wirz is a Master Electrician and Master HVACR Mechanic in the states of Virginia and Maryland, as well as Washington, DC. A NATE-certified technician with more than four decades of professional experience, Dick owned and operated a successful commercial refrigeration company for 25 years and taught HVACR at a community college for another 15 years. Now semi-retired, Dick produces HVACR instructor aids in the form of animated slideshows under the name of Refrigeration Training Services at www.hvacteaching.com.