Type I — small appliancesDifficulty 2/5
Under 40 CFR 82.152, which description matches the definition of a small appliance?
- AFully manufactured and charged on site with twenty pounds or less of any refrigerant
- BFully manufactured, charged and hermetically sealed in a factory with five pounds or less
- CAny self-contained unit holding five pounds or less, whether factory sealed or field charged
- DAny domestic refrigeration unit sold for household use regardless of its refrigerant charge
Show answer and rationale
Correct: B. All three conditions in the definition matter together: factory manufactured, factory charged, and hermetically sealed, with a charge of five pounds or less. A field-charged unit is not a small appliance however small it is.
- C — Factory sealing is part of the definition; a field-charged unit falls outside it entirely.
- D — The definition is about construction and charge size, not about who the unit was sold to.
- A — Twenty pounds is the MVAC-like threshold, and on-site charging excludes a unit from the definition.