Residential No-Cool — Split System Not Cooling

EPA 608 practice · Type IINATE-style practice · Basic electrical

Homeowner says the air handler is blowing but the house has been getting warmer since yesterday afternoon. Unit: 3-ton R-410A split system, 9 years old, single-stage condenser, gas furnace air handler. This is one of three free graded decision labs from Residential HVAC Service & Diagnostics — you choose each next check, readings fill in as you work, wrong turns are coached, and you are scored on cause, efficiency, safety and verification. No login required, about 14 minutes.

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Residential HVAC Service & Diagnostics

~14 min

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Nameplate: 120/240 V split-phase · 60 Hz · CSA C22.1. Working temperatures on this track are °C.

The call

Homeowner says the air handler is blowing but the house has been getting warmer since yesterday afternoon.

Equipment: 3-ton R-410A split system, 9 years old, single-stage condenser, gas furnace air handler
Ambient: 36 °C
Site notes: Thermostat is set to COOL at 22 °C, space is 29 °C. Indoor blower runs. Outdoor unit is silent when you walk up to it.

Decision 1 of 4

You are standing at the outdoor unit on a 36 °C afternoon. Nothing is turning.

What is your first action?

This is one of three free labs

Three free diagnostic labs. HVAC Technical Training — Paths A–D unlocks the remaining labs, lessons, full exam banks, timed mocks, and the Academy certificate. We do not issue EPA 608 or NATE credentials.

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Train here to pass their assessment — and to be the technician a shop can send once. You work real calls on this region's voltage, frequency and °C. We grade the turns the exam and the job both fail.

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Where this lab sits

This is one module lab from Residential HVAC Service & Diagnostics. The full path builds the rest of the diagnostic sequence around it, each module ending in a graded lab like this one.

Open Residential HVAC Service & Diagnostics Next lab: Residential No-Heat — Gas Furnace Short Cycling on Ignition Next lab: Frozen Coil / Airflow Restriction Next lab: Residential Over- and Undercharge — Poor Cooling Call

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