Air Conditioning and Refrigeration

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McGraw Hill Professional, Apr 20, 2006 - Technology & Engineering - 602 pages

BE AN AC AND REFRIGERATION ACE- NO MATTER WHAT YOUR PRESENT LEVEL OF SKILL!

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration helps you understand today's cooling and climate control systems-so expertly that you can use it as the foundation for a career! Clear instructions-with over 800 photographs and illustrations-offer step-by-step guidance to learning the trade for students, professionals, and homeowners who want to do their own installations or repairs.

LEARN WITH THE PROS

Written by experienced teachers Rex and Mark R. Miller-whose Carpentry & Construction has been a building classic for more than 25 years-Air Conditioning and Refrigeration has all the task-simplifying details you need for any project. In the popular Miller style, this complete and current guide helps:

  • New and student technicians. Build on-the-job skills and the knowledge needed to succeed in a fast-growing, lucrative field.
  • AC and refrigeration pros. Refine and update skills, with full information on the latest cost-cutting technologies, refrigerants, and tools.
  • Do-it-yourselfers and homeowners. Make expert equipment and tool choices and achieve superior results, economically.
  • Service personnel, technicians, contractors, engineers, and facility managers. Find up-to-date information on codes, standards, safety tips, and methods.
  • Anyone who needs clear, illustrated, step-by-step instructions for efficient, cost-effective, and current methods in choosing, installing, maintaining, troubleshooting, servicing, and repairing today's AC and refrigeration equipment.
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    Contents

    1 AirConditioning and Refrigeration Tools and Instruments
    		1
    2 Development of Refrigeration
    		49
    3 Voltage Current and Resistance
    		61
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    Common terms and phrases

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    About the author (2006)

    Rex Miller is Professor Emeritus of Industrial Technology at State University College at Buffalo and has taught technical curriculum at the college level for more than 40 years. He is the coauthor of the best-selling Carpentry & Construction, now in its fourth edition, and the author of more than 80 texts for vocational and industrial arts programs. He lives in Round Rock, Texas.

    Mark R. Miller is Professor of Industrial Technology at the University of Texas at Tyler. He teaches construction courses for future middle managers in the trade. He is coauthor of several technical books, including the best-selling Carpentry & Construction, now in its fourth edition. He lives in Tyler, Texas.

    Bibliographic information

    TitleAir Conditioning and Refrigeration
    AuthorsRex Miller, Mark Miller
    PublisherMcGraw Hill Professional, 2006
    ISBN0071487417, 9780071487412
    Length602 pages
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    Technology & Engineering / Construction / Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning
      
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