2026-2027 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Apr 22, 2026  
2026-2027 Catalog and Student Handbook
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AC 106B - Residential Gas Heating


Credits: 5
Description
Types of gas furnaces, troubleshooting, function of controls, repair of mechanical controls, combustion efficiency tests, piping techniques, proper ventilation and combustion will be covered.

Student Learning Outcomes
  1. List safety precautions that should be practiced when starting up a gas furnace.
  2. List the three essential components of complete combustion.
  3. List the general sequence of operations for an induced draft gas furnace.
  4. Identify gas furnace components.
  5. Interpret electrical schematics on gas furnaces.
  6. Calculate temperature rise on a gas furnace.
  7. Utiling a residential gas meter and digital combustion analyzer, set correct gas input and test furnace efficiency.
  8. Determine the correct vent size for a gas furnace using GAMA vent-sizing tables.
  9. Diagnose and repair electrical components in gas furnaces.

Prerequisite: AC 102B  and AC 103B  
Corequisite: None
Graded: Letter Grade



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