Type I — small appliances: flashcards
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- Small appliance
- Factory manufactured, charged and hermetically sealed, 5 lb or less. All three conditions.
- Recovery: working compressor
- 90 percent with post-1993 equipment.
- Recovery: dead compressor
- 80 percent with post-1993 equipment — or 4 inches of mercury vacuum either way.
- Dead compressor access
- Install BOTH high and low side access valves; nothing can move refrigerant across.
- Mail-in Type I
- Cannot count toward Universal. Neither can an open-book Core test.
Primary references
- 40 CFR Part 82 Subpart F — Recycling and Emissions Reduction — Office of the Federal Register (eCFR) · government · retrieved 2026-09-22, verified 2026-09-22
- Section 608 Test Topics — United States Environmental Protection Agency · primary · retrieved 2026-09-22, verified 2026-09-22
- Appendix D to Subpart F of Part 82 — Standards for Becoming a Certifying Program for Technicians — Office of the Federal Register (eCFR) · government · retrieved 2026-09-22, verified 2026-09-22
- Section 608 Technician Certification Requirements — United States Environmental Protection Agency · primary · retrieved 2026-09-22, verified 2026-09-22