"Applicable to residential, commercial, and industrial jobs, this essential handbook puts a wealth of real-world information at your fingertips. HVAC Troubleshooting Guide shows you how to read, interpret, and prepare schedules, mechanical plans, and electrical schematics. This handy resource will aid you in your everyday tasks and keep you up to date with the latest facts, figures, and devices. The book includes numerous illustrations, tables, and charts, troubleshooting tips, safety precautions, resource directories, and a glossary of terms."--Jacket. Read more... Tools and instruments -- Heat pumps and hot-air furnaces -- Ventilation requirements -- Refrigeration -- Refrigerants : new and old -- Solenoids and relays -- Electric motors -- Condensers -- Compressors -- Evaporators -- Controlling refrigerant : valves, tubing, and filters -- Complying with the Section 608 refrigerant-recycling rule -- Programming thermostats -- Control devices -- Insulating pipes and tubing -- Electrical safety -- Temperatures, thermometers, and psychrometrics -- Troubleshooting -- Solid-state controls -- Electrical and electronic symbols used in schematics