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

List safety precautions that should be practiced when starting up a gas furnace.
List the three essential components of complete combustion.
List the general sequence of operations for an induced draft gas furnace.
Identify gas furnace components.
Interpret electrical schematics on gas furnaces.
Calculate temperature rise on a gas furnace.
Calculate gas input of a gas furnace by reading a gas meter.
Determine the correct vent size for a gas furnace using GAMA vent-sizing tables.
Diagnose and repair electrical components in gas furnaces.

Prerequisite: AC 102B and AC 103B
Corequisite: None

Graded: Letter Grade