Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Toolbox Manual [Paperback]

David J. Tenenbaum (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 8, 2006

For professionals in the air-conditioning and refrigeration installation and repair trade, this book is an essential toolbox guide. Covers compressors, controls, components, motors, pipe, tube, valves and fittings, whole systems, and ozone-friendly refrigerants. Describes physics of vapor-compression and absorption cycles, and operation and installation of complete systems.

Complete coverage of tubing: choosing, bending, and installing. Full description of all popular metering devices and electrical and electronic controls, heavily illustrated.

20 pages of troubleshooting for vapor-compression and ammonia systems, metering devices, oil-control systems, for air- and water-cooled condensers, motors and pumps. Standard ACR procedures include draining and adding oil, system startup and cleanup, detecting leaks, recovering refrigerant, drying, evacuating and charging a system, and periodic maintenance.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Arco; 2nd edition (January 8, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0768922356
• ISBN-13: 978-0768922356
• Product Dimensions: 4 x 1 x 6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #558,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good thick diary-sized book, but missing important info on.., November 4, 2008

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George, A. R (Durham, NC) - See all my reviews

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Very thrilled when I got it. Tables and charts were abundant and informative. But some of the component figures were very crude and unclear. For me the shock came when I noticed there was absolutely no information, data or chart anywhere on one very important refrigerant R410 especially being a book published in 2006 and also since R410 is going to be the 'environmentally friendly' refrigerant which will replace R22 (now used in residential AC 10 SEER applications) which is being phased out by 2010. The absence of this vital information was not mentioned or reviewed anywhere when I purchased the book since one cannot physically peruse through the real book while ordering online.. Very disappointed from that perspective. Otherwise a useful addition to your collection if not wanting R410 information.
I hope this feedback would help someone in that respect before buying.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Basically it is a reference book, July 6, 2009

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Joseph Zacharow (Florida, US) - See all my reviews
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Small size fonts,low quality print on an acid paper. Lots of topics briefly touched with comparatively few bleak illustrations. Only 2 pages out of 388 dedicated to Heat Pump theme.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, January 18, 2012

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Zulma León "Zulma" - See all my reviews

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Excellent and practical manual for those who are interested in learning how to repair the system of air from the cars. The order arrived on time, I highly recommend the seller.