A Complete, Up-to-Date Guide to AC and Refrigeration
Fully revisited to cover the latest techniques, tools, refrigerants, and equipment, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Second Edition, provides a thorough introduction to the basic principles and practices of the AC and refrigeration industry. Step-by-step instructions, along with more than 800 photographs and illustrations, demonstrate efficient, cost-effective, and current methods for choosing, installing, maintaining, troubleshooting, servicing, and repairing today's cooling and climate control systems. Whether you're a do-it-yourselfer, a professional technician, or a student, you'll find the task-simplifying details you need for any project. Learn all about:

•Tools, instruments, and specialized equipment
•Development of refrigeration
•Voltage, current, and resistance
•Solenoids and valves
•Electric motors
•Refrigerants
•Refrigeration compressors
•Condensers, chillers, and cooling towers
•Water-cooling problems
•Evaporators
•Refrigerant flow control
•Servicing and safety
•Freezers
•Temperature, psychrometrics, and air control
•Comfort air conditioning
•Commercial air-conditioning systems
•Various types of air conditioners and heat pumps
•Estimating load and insulating pipes
•Electrical power for air conditioners
•Air-conditioning and refrigeration careers
•New refrigerants
•Electrical and electronic symbols used in schematics