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Service Application Manual

The Service Application Manual (SAM) is the resource you need to acquire the broad-based competence that success in the HVACR industry demands!

SAM is the oldest living reference manual available that contains literally thousands of pages of technical data, equipment analyses and evaluations, field application instruction, regulations, good practice codes, business development guidance and more.  Access to the hundreds of SAM chapters currently available is a member benefit.

  • Service Application manual Table of Contents [PDF]
  • View a sample chapter of SAM as it relates to duct system design considerations!
  • Click here to purchase SAM (Service Application Manuals) On CD in the RSES online store.
  • Schools or other training entities wishing to obtain multiple copies of any of the RSES SAM chapters can contact us at training@rses.org.

Members of RSES can begin searching through SAM by using the links in the listing below.  SAM has been reorganized into 25 main categories with subcategories to make finding the information you are looking for simpler.  You must be a member and logged into the website in order to view the chapters.

Click on Category name in the left column view SAM chapters and documents within that category.

Category Sub-category # of Documents
Refrigeration Principles of Refrigeration 3
Lubrication 1
Contaminants in Refrigerating Systems 3
Foods and Their Preservation 4
Absorption Refrigeration 2
Ammonia Refrigeration 3
Cabinet Construction and Repairs 2
Store and Market Fixtures 3
Soda Fountain and Ice Cream Cabinets 2
Two and Three Stages 4
Beverage Cooling 4
Household Refrigerators 2
Selecting Refrigeration Equipment 2
Piping 3
Insulation 2
Defrosting 1
     
Refrigerants General Information Chapters 16
Refrigeration Charts and Their Use 2
Refrigerant Cylinders 1
Vacuum Pumps 2
     
Moisture in Air General Information Chapters 3
Psychrometric Chart 2
     
Electricity General Information Chapters 3
Wiring Diagrams 2
     
System Components Compressors 3
Condensers 2
Closed-Circuit Condensers 2
Evaporators 2
Refrigerant Flow Controls 9
     
Motors Electric Motors 12
Motor-Starting Equipment 2
Motor Wiring Diagrams 1
     
Controls Electrical Controls 2
Pneumatic Controls 2
Electronic Controls 4
     
Air Conditioning Air Conditioning - General 4
Room and Store Coolers 2
Selecting Air Conditioning Equipment 3
Evaporative Cooling 2
Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers 1
     
Ice Makers All Chapters 2
     
Heat Loads All Chapters 3
     
Airflow Ducts and Grilles 16
Centrifugal Blowers and Fans 2
Air Filters 6
     
Residential Heating and Cooling Systems All Chapters 19
     
Mathematics, Tables & Charts Miscellaneous Tables 2
Mathematics & Conversion Tables 4
     
Business Administration All Chapters 9
     
Safety and First Aid All Chapters 13
     
Standards All Chapters 7
     
Air and Water Treatment Air Treatment 4
Water Treatment 1
Solvents and Water Treatment 1
     
Heat Pump Systems All Chapters 6
     
Chillers All Chapters 2
     
Boilers All Chapters 3
     
Soldering, Brazing, and Welding General Information Chapters 3
Tubing and Fittings 1
     
Service All Chapters 12
     
Specialized Heating and Cooling Equipment All Chapters 3
     
Tools and Indicating and Recording Instruments All Chapters 5
     
Energy Conservation All Chapters 5

 

 

 

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