Includes index.

Careers and certification -- Safety -- Service calls -- Energy and matter -- Gases -- Basic refrigeration systems -- Tools and supplies -- Working with tubing and piping -- Introduction to refrigerants -- Equipment and instruments for refrigerant handling and service -- Working with refrigerants -- Basic electricity -- Electrical power -- Basic electronics -- Electric motors -- Electrical control systems -- Servicing electric motors and controls -- Compressors -- Compressor safety components -- Metering devices -- Heat exchangers -- Refrigerant flow components -- Overview of domestic refrigerators and freezers -- Systems and components of domestic refrigerators and freezers -- Installation and troubleshooting of domestic refrigerators and freezers -- Service and repair of domestic refrigerators and freezers -- Air movement and measurement -- Air quality -- Air distribution -- Ventilation system service -- Ductless air-conditioning systems -- Residential central air-conditioning systems -- Commercial air-conditioning systems -- Absorption and evaporative cooling systems -- Humidity control -- Thermostats -- Heating and cooling loads -- Forced-air heating fundamentals -- Hydronic heating fundamentals -- Heat pumps -- Gas-fired heating systems -- Oil-fired heating systems -- Electric heating systems -- Solar power and thermal storage -- Energy management -- Energy conservation -- Overview of commercial refrigeration systems -- Special refrigeration systems and applications -- Commercial refrigeration-system configurations -- Understanding heat loads and system thermodynamics -- Commercial refrigeration component selection -- Installing commercial systems -- Troubleshooting commercial systems-system diagnosis -- Troubleshooting commercial systems-component diagnosis -- Servicing commercial systems.