Arkansas HVACR NewsMagazine September 2018

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not exceeded 10% for one year. 2. Commercial Refrigeration and Industrial Process Refrigeration (IPR) with a charge of 50 to 500 pounds must have a leak inspection once per calendar year until the owner / operator can demonstrate through the leak rate calculations that the leak rate has not exceeded 20% commercial refrigeration or 30% IPR for one year. 3. Commercial Refrigeration and IPR with a charge of over 500 pounds must have a leak inspection conducted once every three months until the owner/operator can demonstrate through leak rate calculations that the leak rate has not exceeded 20% for commercial refrigeration or 30% IPR for four quarters in a row. ESCO offers FREE online practice exams for all sections of the 608 exam. They can be found by clicking on the link box. Scroll down to the 9 th Edition. Tests are not open book and must be

You can contact your local supply house or college HVACR program if testing is required before the spring. It is important that persons wanting to sit for an EPA test, FIRST STUDY. This is not information that is intuitive. You can access the ESCO 608 study manual on line at https://www.escotesting.com/docume nts/608pm9.pdf The Association will offer on line EPA 608 certification testing before chapter meetings beginning the spring of 2019.

ESCO FREE 608 Preparatory Manual

Instructors and Proctors can access a free 256 slide EPA 608 PowerPoint presentation. In addition, ESCO offers training materials and HVAC Excellence program accreditation. For more information on 608 certification and ESCO go to https://www.escoinst.com/

ESCO FREE 608 Practice Exams

administered by a certified Proctor. Many supplies houses and college HVACR programs have proctors. Beginning spring of 2019, the Association will offer testing before chapter meetings. Details of time and opportunity will be announced nearer the spring.