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Eagle85C4
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Air conditioning time is just around the corner. And folks are going to need it fixed. Before you uncap a port on your car a/c unit consider the following....part 609 of the Clean Air Act. It is considered a felony for anyone other then a certified technician to effect any repair to a vehicle air conditioning system. IN some cases the fines are 10,000.00 a day per incident. And it will be soon that unless you are certified you will not be able to buy even 134A...
EPA web site
http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/609/technicians/609certs.html
Section 609 covers technician certification in the motor vehicle sector only. Becoming certified allows you to: (1) perform refrigerant servicing of vehicles with R-12, R-134a, or blend refrigerants; and (2) purchase R-12 and ozone-depleting blend substitutes for R-12 (right now, all blends are ozone-depleting) .
Although you have to be certified to perform refrigerant servicing of vehicles equipped with R-134a, currently, you do not have to be certified to purchase R-134a. EPA, however, issued on June 11, 1998 a proposed regulation that would restrict the sale of R-134a to certified technicians. If you become certified now, your certification will allow you to purchase R-134a if a sales restriction is instituted in the future.
To become certified go to www.qwik.com Mainstream Engineering...you can download the manual for the 609 test then for 20.00 take an open book test and if you pass (chuckle...)you get a temp card immediately and the plastic one in the mail. This certifies you to purchase freon and work on motor vehicle air conditioners legally as well as charge all your friends to fill theirs...
EPA web site
http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/609/technicians/609certs.html
Section 609 covers technician certification in the motor vehicle sector only. Becoming certified allows you to: (1) perform refrigerant servicing of vehicles with R-12, R-134a, or blend refrigerants; and (2) purchase R-12 and ozone-depleting blend substitutes for R-12 (right now, all blends are ozone-depleting) .
Although you have to be certified to perform refrigerant servicing of vehicles equipped with R-134a, currently, you do not have to be certified to purchase R-134a. EPA, however, issued on June 11, 1998 a proposed regulation that would restrict the sale of R-134a to certified technicians. If you become certified now, your certification will allow you to purchase R-134a if a sales restriction is instituted in the future.
To become certified go to www.qwik.com Mainstream Engineering...you can download the manual for the 609 test then for 20.00 take an open book test and if you pass (chuckle...)you get a temp card immediately and the plastic one in the mail. This certifies you to purchase freon and work on motor vehicle air conditioners legally as well as charge all your friends to fill theirs...
