Air Conditioning: Home and Commercial is a reference for the installation, operation, and servicing of air conditioning equipment. Topics covered include the fundamental of air conditioning, refrigerants, compressors, condensers, evaporators, control methods, phychrometry, heat leakage, and ventilation requirements, and there is an emphasis on electric motors and controls.
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This guide will keep you cool
Like its earlier editions, this fully updated guidebook is packed with practical information on installing, servicing, maintaining, and trouble-shooting air-conditioning systems. Whether you’re an AC professional, an independent repair technician, or a cost-conscious homeowner, everything you need is here. Clearly organized and loaded with diagrams and illustrations, it’s a vital addition to your toolbox.
- Find concise, accurate information on installing and maintaining both residential and commercial systems
- Understand the physics of air conditioning and filtration
- Make accurate temperature measurements using various methods and devices
- Work with room air conditioners, water cooling systems, and auto air conditioning
- Learn about refrigerants, compressors, condensers, evaporators, and AC motors
- Service, troubleshoot, and repair both old and new AC units
About the Author
Rex Miller was a Professor of Industrial Technology at The State University of New York, College at Buffalo for more than 35 years. He has taught on the technical school, high school, and college level for more than 40 years. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 textbooks ranging from electronics through carpentry and sheet metal work. He has contributed more than 50 magazine articles over the years to technical publications. He is also the author of seven civil war regimental histories.
Mark Richard Miller finished his BS degree in New York and moved on to Ball State University, where he obtained the masters and went to work in San Antonio. He taught in high school and went to graduate school in College Station, Texas, finishing the doctorate. He took a position at Texas A&M University in Kingsville, Texas where he now teaches in the Industrial Technology Department as a Professor and Department Chairman. He has co-authored seven books and contributed many articles to technical magazines. His hobbies include refinishing a 1970 Plymouth Super Bird and a 1971 Road-runner.
Edwin P. Anderson was a professional engineer and the author of numerous books for the trades, including air conditioning, sheet metal, home appliance, and electrical. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Air conditioning may be defined as the simultaneous control of all (or at least the first three) of those factors affecting both the physical and chemical conditions of the atmosphere within any structure. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
console air conditioner, raise head pressure, condenser water tubes, unit control switch, compressor compartment, gage port, suction service valve, compound gage, net refrigerating effect, gypsum fill, flue effect, condensing medium, evaporator core, operating diaphragm, automatic expansion valves, thermostatic expansion valve, refrigerating system, compressor body, liquid refrigerant, high head pressure, condensing unit, equalizer line, evaporator pressure, low head pressure, suction gas Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Review Questions, United States, Annual Wind Daily Design, Brick Veneer, Courtesy of Lennox, Median of Coincident Outdoor Elev, Winter Summer Col, Courtesy General Motors Corporation, Courtesy Penn Controls, Courtesy Barneby Cheney Corporation, Solution Figure, East South West, Hollow Tile Wall, Velocityf Design Dry-Bulb Ranges Bulb Deg, Weather Bureau New!
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Air conditioning may be defined as the simultaneous control of all (or at least the first three) of those factors affecting both the physical and chemical conditions of the atmosphere within any structure. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
console air conditioner, raise head pressure, condenser water tubes, unit control switch, compressor compartment, gage port, suction service valve, compound gage, net refrigerating effect, gypsum fill, flue effect, condensing medium, evaporator core, operating diaphragm, automatic expansion valves, thermostatic expansion valve, refrigerating system, compressor body, liquid refrigerant, high head pressure, condensing unit, equalizer line, evaporator pressure, low head pressure, suction gas Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Review Questions, United States, Annual Wind Daily Design, Brick Veneer, Courtesy of Lennox, Median of Coincident Outdoor Elev, Winter Summer Col, Courtesy General Motors Corporation, Courtesy Penn Controls, Courtesy Barneby Cheney Corporation, Solution Figure, East South West, Hollow Tile Wall, Velocityf Design Dry-Bulb Ranges Bulb Deg, Weather Bureau New!
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- Air Conditioning (Fundamentals of Service Series) by Louis R. Hathaway on page 341
- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (3rd Edition) by Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute in Back Matter
- Optimization of Industrial Unit Processes, Second Edition by Bela G. Liptak on 4 pages
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