All people selling or opening vehicle air-conditioning components must be properly trained and warranted by a programme permitted by EPA Certification.
Section 609 Technician Training and Documentation programs must provide sufficient training on the service and repair of Motor Vehicle AC's. Certification include refrigerant containment, refrigerant handling gear, refrigerant pureness, environmental consequences of refrigerant release, and detrimental effects on stratospheric ozone layer depletion.
What does the refrigerant sales limitation cover?
This service limitation includes all CFC and HCFC refrigerants sold in big quantities containers,cylinders, cans or drums. Refrigerant blends including HCFCs such as FRIGC FR-12, Free Section, Hot Shot? Or R-414B, GHG-X4 or R-414A and Freeze 12 are also included under this service limitation.
This service limitation does not includestill refrigeration and air conditioning hardware such as residential split systems containing HCFC-22, also called R-22. Nor does the limitation include the retail sale of aircon and refrigeration units holdingCFC or HCFC refrigerants such as window air conditioning systems.
What kind of certification is required to buy refrigerant?
HVAC/Refrigeration service techs with a 608 verification can buy any type of ozone-depleting refrigerant including R-11, R-12, R-123, R-22), excepting "small cans" containing less than 20 pounds of R-12:
Certificated 609 specialists can buy refrigerant found sufficient for use in a motor vehicle air conditioner, including "cand" holding less than 20 # of R-12.
Can Section 609 certified mechanics purchase R-22?
EPA has restricted the posession of ozone-depleting refrigerants reserved for use with stationary refrigeration and aircon hardware to section 608 engineers. 609 engineers cannot acquire R-22, regardless of jug size.
Buses using R-22 aren't outlined as Motor Vehicle AC's; 608 authentication Type II or Universal is needed to fixbuses using R-22.
Does the purchase restriction apply to HFC refrigerants?
This purchase restriction only is applicable to refrigerants composed of an ozone-depleting compound. Therefore , HFC refrigerants like R-134a, and HFC refrigerant blends that do not contain an ozone-depleting substance, such as R-404A and R-410A, aren't currently included under this purchase restriction.
Is it legal to purposefully leak refrigerants that are not captured under the purchase restriction?
It is illegal to purposely release any refrigerant during the upkeep, service, repair or disposal of refrigeration and air-con hardware, unless EPA determines that such a release does not pose a challenge to the environment. It isn't legal to intentionally vent all CFC, HCFC, and HFC refrigerants including, though not limited to, R-12, R-22, R-134a, R-404A, and R-410A.
Section 609 Technician Training and Documentation programs must provide sufficient training on the service and repair of Motor Vehicle AC's. Certification include refrigerant containment, refrigerant handling gear, refrigerant pureness, environmental consequences of refrigerant release, and detrimental effects on stratospheric ozone layer depletion.
What does the refrigerant sales limitation cover?
This service limitation includes all CFC and HCFC refrigerants sold in big quantities containers,cylinders, cans or drums. Refrigerant blends including HCFCs such as FRIGC FR-12, Free Section, Hot Shot? Or R-414B, GHG-X4 or R-414A and Freeze 12 are also included under this service limitation.
This service limitation does not includestill refrigeration and air conditioning hardware such as residential split systems containing HCFC-22, also called R-22. Nor does the limitation include the retail sale of aircon and refrigeration units holdingCFC or HCFC refrigerants such as window air conditioning systems.
What kind of certification is required to buy refrigerant?
HVAC/Refrigeration service techs with a 608 verification can buy any type of ozone-depleting refrigerant including R-11, R-12, R-123, R-22), excepting "small cans" containing less than 20 pounds of R-12:
Certificated 609 specialists can buy refrigerant found sufficient for use in a motor vehicle air conditioner, including "cand" holding less than 20 # of R-12.
Can Section 609 certified mechanics purchase R-22?
EPA has restricted the posession of ozone-depleting refrigerants reserved for use with stationary refrigeration and aircon hardware to section 608 engineers. 609 engineers cannot acquire R-22, regardless of jug size.
Buses using R-22 aren't outlined as Motor Vehicle AC's; 608 authentication Type II or Universal is needed to fixbuses using R-22.
Does the purchase restriction apply to HFC refrigerants?
This purchase restriction only is applicable to refrigerants composed of an ozone-depleting compound. Therefore , HFC refrigerants like R-134a, and HFC refrigerant blends that do not contain an ozone-depleting substance, such as R-404A and R-410A, aren't currently included under this purchase restriction.
Is it legal to purposefully leak refrigerants that are not captured under the purchase restriction?
It is illegal to purposely release any refrigerant during the upkeep, service, repair or disposal of refrigeration and air-con hardware, unless EPA determines that such a release does not pose a challenge to the environment. It isn't legal to intentionally vent all CFC, HCFC, and HFC refrigerants including, though not limited to, R-12, R-22, R-134a, R-404A, and R-410A.
About the Author:
To get a free study guide for EPA Certification go to one of the web site including HVAC Roles Training. Mike Saxet writes for HVAC publications
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