{"id":40164,"date":"2025-05-31T20:21:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T03:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hvacredu.net\/staging\/?post_type=product&#038;p=40164"},"modified":"2025-08-08T08:48:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:48:00","slug":"rack-tech-program","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.hvacredu.net\/staging\/shop\/rack-tech-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Rack Tech Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-32 ai-optimize-introduction\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>By Bob Feathers\u00a0 (2 Courses \/ 35 Instructional hours )<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-35\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The\u00a0<span style=\"color: #1f3e7c;\"><strong>Rack Tech\u00a0Program<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0is an advanced program totaling 35 instructional hours. Students will take one course at a time in a systematic progression that moves through market refrigeration and the specific technologies focusing on Parallel and Unparallel Rack Systems and Applications as well as video demonstrations of compressor teardowns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-36\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The need for Refrigeration Mechanics is ever evolving:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-37\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Old systems still need to be maintained.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-38\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Retrofit opportunities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-39\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">New technologies and refrigerant requirements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-40\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">System controls \/ Energy savings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-41\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Food safety and monitoring are very important.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-42\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Students are enrolled as online asynchronous independent study. This access allows students to login at their convenience 24\/7\/365. This program is NATE recognized for 35 hours of continuing education (CEHs) which are applicable to NATE re-certification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-43\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Prerequisites:\u00a0This advanced program is designed for HVACR technicians, facilities managers, and commercial maintenance technicians who have already completed an educational program for HVACR and\/or have current industry work experience in the field. The program will build on your existing knowledge of HVACR fundamentals and equipment and help you learn commercial supermarket applications and systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-44\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em><strong>Courses included:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-45\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #1f3e7c;\"><strong>444 Rack Tech<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-46\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0<em>\u00a0Modules included:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-47\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Intro to Supermarket Applications I<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-48\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Intro to Supermarket Applications II<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-49\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Oil Management<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-50\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Head Pressure Control<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-51\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Heat Reclaim<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-52\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Liquid Distribution<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-53\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Case Temp Control<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-54\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Defrost Applications<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-55\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Compressor Protection<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-56\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">System Capacity Control<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-57\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #1f3e7c;\"><strong>245 Compressor Failure Analysis with Bob Feathers (Mr. Compressor)<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-58\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>By Bob Feathers and Chris Compton.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-59\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">This is a 11 video \/ 5-hour series of compressor tear downs performed by and commented on by Bob Feathers, &#8220;Mr. Compressor&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-60\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">He dissects a range of manufacturer&#8217;s reciprocating semi hermetic commercial compressors that have failed and points out the clues that point to the reason for failure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-61\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>&#8220;A Compressor Doesn&#8217;t Fail, A System Fails!&#8221; &#8211; Chris Compton<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-62\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Prerequisites:<\/strong>\u00a0Because of the advanced topics discussed in this video series, it is recommended that you complete these refrigeration courses: 141 HVACR Refrigeration I, 142 HVACR Refrigeration II, 441 HVACR Commercial Refrigeration I, 442 HVACR Commercial Refrigeration II; or have extensive experience in these topics. This course is recognized for 5 hours of continuing education (CEHs) applicable to NATE re-certification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-63\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Textbook Reference:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hvacrassets.net\/Textbook\/TextbookPage081021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.hvacrassets.net\/Textbook\/TextbookPage081021.pdf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-13\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>(2 Courses \/ 35 Instructional hours )<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-13\">The\u00a0<strong>Rack Tech\u00a0Program<\/strong> is an advanced program totaling 35 instructional hours covering a systematic progression that moves through market refrigeration and the specific technologies focusing on Parallel and Unparallel Rack Systems and Applications as well as video demonstrations of compressor teardowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":41599,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[114],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-40164","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-complete-training-programs","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.2 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - 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