The EPA definition of a small appliance includes which of the following?

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The EPA definition of a small appliance includes which of the following?

Under EPA rules, a small appliance is a refrigerant-containing device that is manufactured, charged and hermetically sealed in a factory and that contains 5 pounds of refrigerant or less. Both conditions must be met for the unit to be considered a small appliance; the definition isn’t based on compressor horsepower, so a device with a small compressor isn’t automatically a small appliance unless it also meets the factory-sealed, charge‑limit criteria. That’s why the correct understanding is that the definition includes both manufacturing/charging/sealing in a factory and a refrigerant charge of 5 pounds or less.

Under EPA rules, a small appliance is a refrigerant-containing device that is manufactured, charged and hermetically sealed in a factory and that contains 5 pounds of refrigerant or less. Both conditions must be met for the unit to be considered a small appliance; the definition isn’t based on compressor horsepower, so a device with a small compressor isn’t automatically a small appliance unless it also meets the factory-sealed, charge‑limit criteria. That’s why the correct understanding is that the definition includes both manufacturing/charging/sealing in a factory and a refrigerant charge of 5 pounds or less.

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