0.

02

10

10

10

10
12

12

12

12

12.5

14

18

18

18

20

22

25

25

31

31

35

36

40

50

50

50

50

55

60

60

68

75

100

100
 100

125

140

150

181

194

200

211

220

250

305

325

400

704

726

1000

2000

3,000

.1/4

0.0575 (no. 16 gage) -

0.3 -

0.35 -

1,000 -

1/3 -

10,000 btu's or less -

100, 15

100, 30

12" x 12"

12, 4
 14 ( 7 at positive, 7 at negative )

16, 30

18, listed

200, 2

2015 Michigan Residential Code

25, 75 -

3, 10

3/4" internal diameter -

35, 6 -

4,000 -

40 -

40,000 -

555 S

6, 4

6,000 btu's or less. -

activation

air conditioning systems

an approved dielectric fitting -

ANSI Z21.10.1, ANSI Z21.10.3 -

ANSI Z21.13, UL795 -

appliance manufacturer's installation instructions.

ASTM D 2513

bathroom -

branch tube must have a dimple/depth stop formed in the tube

Brazed or welded fittings -

connectors

continuous air tight ducts -

Contrasting color -

cross connection
 duct

dwelling units

enlarged -

Excess flow valve -

filter

inlet and, outlet

interlocked with the firing cycle of the boiler.

international building code -

International fire code

make up air

make up air 2015 IFGC -

manual or automatic

to carry gravity and seismic loads within the stress limitations of the international building code.

NFPA 96-2014 Edition ( 18" required )

NFPA-58 -

not be utilized

of an approved type -

outdoors, nuisance

outside of the airstream

Oxygen -

plumbing

press joint

pressure, pressure in the normal range of the system.

R-3 occupancies

Range -

replaced

room

Schedule 40 -

Screened -
 section 510, G90 galvinized -

shall not circulate air from the bathrooms to other rooms.

Shut off -

shutoff valve

sized for peak demand

slope, 2

SMACNA HVAC Duct Construction Standards -

smaller connector -

soldered

solid fuel -

steam and hot water

temperature

the longest branch method -

third party certified

top, valves

Townhouse -

vapor retarder

Volume

wall furnace -

Welded

whole house ventilation type

yellow, 18 -
The mechanical exhaust rate for a crawl space shall be not less than ___________ cfm per square foot of horizontal area.

The exhaust rate for hazardous materials stored in excess of the maximum allowable quantity shall be provided at a rate of not

Liquid fuel vent pipes shall terminate outside not less than ____________ feet horizontally from any building opening.

Conduit with both ends terminating indoors shall extend not less than ___ inches beyond the point where the pipe emerges from

Gas vents that are over 12" in size or located less than 8 feet from a vertical wall that terminate through a flat roof must be at le

Where chimneys pass through attic space, the shield shall terminate not less than ____ inches above the installation materials a

Gas central heating furnaces shall have the clearance from the supply ducts within ________ feet of the furnace plenum be not

The minimum dimension of air openings for combustion air for a gas appliance is _________ inches.
Clothes dryer exhaust duct shall be ____ inches nominal in diameter.

Dryer exhaust ducts shall be supported at ____ foot intervals and secured in place.

Ducts shall not be installed within __________ inches of the earth unless they are either approved as underground ducts or have

Fire sprinkler piping exposed within a plenum must have a flame spread of not greater than ______ feet.

A type B or L gas vent shall terminate a minimum of __________ feet in a vertical height above the highest connected equipmen

Unless piping joints are welded or brazed, the maximum operation pressure for piping located inside buildings shall not exceed
Ducts utilized for solar heating and cooling systems shall be constructed and installed in accordance with chapter ___ of this co

Equipment shall be suspended a minimum of ________ inches above the adjoining grade.

Flammable finish exhaust duct terminations shall be a minimum ___________ feet from exterior walls and roofs.

Appliances located in private garages shall be installed with a minimum clearance of ____ feet above the floor.

Approved gas appliance connectors shall not exceed ___________ feet in length.

The bonding jumper for CSST must be a minimum _______ AWG copper wire.

The inside radius of a bend shall not be less than ______ times the outside diameter of the pipe

Transition ducts shall not be more than ___ feet in length, and construction shall not be concealed with in construction.
An up-blast fan termination must be a minimum of _________ feet horizontally from parts of the same or contiguous buildings.

Outdoor intake and exhaust openings shall be located a minimum of _________ feet from lot lines or buildings on the same lot.

Each additional elbow in a gas vent greater than 45 degrees and including 90-degree elbows require an additional ___________

Where the vent connectors for gas appliances are combined prior to entering the vertical portion of the common vent to form a
The clearance reduction methods shown in 308.4.2 shall not be used to reduce the clearance of solid fuel burning appliances a

Appliance equipment vent terminals shall be located such that doors cannot swing within ___ inches horizontally of the vent term

The sides of the pit or excavation shall be held back a minimum of _____ inches from the appliance.

Underground piping systems shall be installed a minimum depth of _____ inches below grade.

The passageway of dryer exhaust duct terminals shall be undiminished in size and shall provide an open area of not less than _
Flexible air connectors shall be limited to _______ feet.

Hydronic piping using PEX-AL-PEX pressure pipe shall not have a solder joint occur within _____ inches of the pex pipe.

Passageways around boilers shall have an unobstructed width of not less than ______ inches unless otherwise approved.

The grease duct clearance required when located within a shaft enclosure is _________ inches to the combustible construction.

Listed corrugated metallic chimney liner systems for gas appliances shall be sized as B-vent and capacity reduced ___________
Attics containing appliances shall be provided with an opening and unobstructed passageway not less than _________ inches w

In bearing partitions, wood studs shall not be cut or notched to a depth exceeding __________ % of its depth.

Mechanical ventilation systems for enclosed parking garages are not required to operate continuously when a carbon monoxide

Kerosene stoves shall comply with UL 896 and NFPA ___________.

Oil fired appliances shall provide combustion air in accordance with NFPA _______.

The maximum length of a clothes dryer duct is ___________.

External duct insulation, shall be legibly printed or identified at intervals not greater than ______ inches.

Type I exhaust outlets shall discharge a minimum of _________ inches above the roof.

Nail stations located within a specialty shop must have a source capture system capable of exhausting a minimum ____ cfm pe

The flash point of the actual heat transfer fluid utilized in a solar system shall not be less than _______ degrees F.

The flash point of transfer fluid in a hydronic piping system shall be a minimum of ________ degrees F. above the maximum sys

Indoor combustion air for gas appliances using the standard method is sized based on ________ cubic feet per 1,000 btu/h of th
A certificate of test shall be provided for all systems containing more than _______ pounds or more of refrigerant.

Crawl space ventilation must be a minimum 0.02 cfm per square foot and shall be automatically controlled to operate when the

Bored holes shall not be greater than ______ % of the stud depth in non-load bearing walls where each bored stud is doubled.
Interior spaces intended for human occupancy shall be capable of maintaining a minimum room temperature of _____ degrees

The maximum horizontal length of a single wall connector for gas appliances shall not exceed ______ % of its chimney or vent h
The minimum net air flow for Type II hoods used for dishwashing appliances shall be _______ cfm per linear foot hood length.

Variable air volume boxes shall be designed to regulate outdoor air unless they provide _________ % of outdoor air.
When combining spaces on the same story to obtain the required combustion air for gas appliances, each opening shall be size
The use of gypsum boards to form plenums shall be limited to systems where air temperatures do not exceed ________ degree

Water heaters used for space heating and potable heating requires a mixing valve be installed to limit the maximum potable wa

Refrigeration piping joints located within an air duct must be tested to ______ percent of the higher of design pressure or, press

Non-metallic ducts shall comply with UL __________ standard.

Sauna heaters shall be equipped with a thermostat that will limit the room temperature to _______ degrees F

Clothes dryers exhausting more than ________ cfm requires make up air.

Metal chimneys shall be constructed and installed in accordance with NFPA ___________.

When _______ pounds of Group A1 type of refrigerant is changed in a refrigeration system, the code official must be notified.

The design temperature of flexible air ducts and flexible air connectors shall be less than _________ degrees F.

Hydronic piping support shall be in accordance with section ________.

Liquid adhesive coatings used on filters shall have a flash point not lower than ______ degrees F

A light duty cooking appliance with a single island canopy hood requires a minimum ________ cfm per linear foot.

The health and hazard rating of materials for hazardous exhaust systems shall be specified in NFPA ___________.

Oil fired boilers and their controls shall be listed and labeled in accordance with UL ________.

Oil line sweat fittings shall not have a melting point less than ____________ degrees F.

Duct smoke detectors are required for air systems exceeding __________ cfm.

When installing all gas appliances, combustion air is allowed to utilize one permanent opening commencing within 12" from the
Connectors shall rise vertically to the chimney or vent with a minimum pitch equal to ________ unit vertical in 12 units horizontal

Shield plates shall be of steel material having a thickness of not less than _____ inch.

Copper and copper alloy tubing shall not be used more than an average of _____ grains of hydrogen sulfide per 100 standard c

When mechanical combustion air is provided for gas appliances, the combustion air shall be supplied from the outdoors at a ra

Gas pipe tubing joints shall either be made with approved gas tubing fittings or be brazed with a material having a melting point

Holes bored in a floor joist shall not exceed ______ their depth.

A single wall mounted unvented natural gas room heater equipped with an oxygen depletion safety system may be installed in
Ground source heat pump loop systems shall be tested to __________ psi for ___________ minutes prior to back filling the conne

Plastic pipe shall not be used within or under any building or slab or be operated at pressures greater than _____ psig for natura
Commercial kitchen grease ducts horizontal clean out must be a minimum _________ .

Where the depth exceeds ___ inches above the adjoining grade, the walls of the pit or excavation shall be lined with concrete o
In a commercial duct system, how many classifications exist ?

Equipment on elevated structures or roofs above __________ feet requiring access must be provided with an interior or exterior

Equipment with an ignition source shall be elevated such that the ignition source is not less than __________ inches above the g

Floor registers shall resist, without structural failure, a _______ pound concentrated load on a _____ inch-disc-diameter applied t

Mechanical equipment installed in a private garage must be installed with the _____________ .

Where the design free area of louvers and grilles are not known, it shall be assumed that wood louvers will have _____ % free a

Gas vents shall terminate not less than ___ feet above any forced air inlet located within ___ feet.

Condensate waste and drain line size shall not be less than ___________.

Where a gas dryer vent exhaust duct equivalent exceeds ______ feet, the equivalent length of the exhaust duct must be identifi

When using two permanent openings to provide combustion air for gas appliances and communicating directly with the outdoor

The diameter of bored holes in wood studs shall not exceed ________ % of the stud depth.

Unvented room heaters shall not have an input rating in excess of _________ Btu/h.
Smoke dampers shall comply with UL __________.

The inside lower edge of canopy-type Type I and

A single wall mounted unvented natural gas room heater equipped with an oxygen depletion safety system may be installed in
Upon _______ the smoke detector shall shut down the air distribution system.

Process piping includes piping for systems other than _________________ as covered by the Michigan Mechanical Code.

Gas metallic piping or tubing for LP gas systems require ___________ to isolate the underground portion of the pipe between th

Gas water heaters shall be tested in accordance with _______ and _______ .

Gas boilers shall be listed to __________ or _________ standards.

Solid fuel burning appliances shall have combustion air and ventilation air provided in accordance with the _______.

Plastic pipe and fittings for gas piping must conform to __________ and shall be installed outside underground only.

Gas appliances shall not be located in a __________ unless it meets one of the approved exceptions.
A mechanically formed tee fitting used in hydronic piping system __________.

Only gas piping joints made by __________ are approved in concealed locations.
Flexible ducts and air _________ shall not pass through any fire rated assembly.

Circulating air for forced air furnaces shall be conducted into the blower housing from outside the furnace enclosure by _______

Primer for plastic piping used in appliance venting must be what color ?
When all of the solar system piping is listed and part of the potable water distribution system, _________ protection measures a
A tube or conduit utilized for conveying air is a ___________ .

Diffusers, registers, and grilles shall be prohibited in the floor or its upward extention within toilet and bathrooms except _______

When adding an additional gas appliance to an existing gas system and the pipe system is found to have an inadequate capac

A valve designed to activate when the fuel is passing through it exceeds a prescribed flow rate is ___________.
Ducts shall be constructed to allow an even air flow over the entire __________.

Hydronic shut off valves shall be installed on _________ sides of pressure reducing valves.

Combustion air openings with a damper installed used to provide combustion air for an oil boiler shall be _______.

The annular space around a pipe penetration shall be protected in accordance with the ________________.

Fuel oil tank removal or abandonment must be in accordance with ____________ .

Any combination of outdoor and transfer air intended to replace exhaust air and exfiltration is ___________.

Where exhaust fans are installed, ___________ shall be provided to replace the exhausted air. 2015 IFGC
Mechanical ventilation systems shall be provided with ________ controls that will operate the system whenever the spaces are o

Commercial kitchen grease duct bracing and supports ________________.

Clearances for Type I hood shall be in accordance with ___________.

Plastic piping joints and fittings for use in liquefied petroleum gas piping systems shall be in accordance with ________________
Flammable gas or liquid heat transfer fluids for all solar systems shall _________ .

Flexible connectors, expansion, control devices, and fittings shall be _________.

The air removed by every exhaust system shall be discharged _____________ and at a point where it will not cause a _________

Commercial type clothes dryers require the fan motors be located ____________.

What gas cannot be used to check steel gas lines for leaks ?
The make-up water supply to all boilers falls under the international ___________ Code.

A permanent mechanical joint incorporating an elastomeric seal and corrosion resistant grip ring is a __________ .

Every steam boiler shall have a water-gauge glass and a __________ gauge. The pressure gauge shall indicate ___________.

Providing permanent access to equipment on a roof does not apply to ____________ .

Which gas appliance is not required to be vented ?

Defective material or parts shall be ___________ or repaired in such a manner to preserve its original listing.

Connectors shall be located entirely within the ________ of the connecting appliance.

Steel and wrought-iron pipe for gas piping shall be at least a standard weight of _________.

Combustion air ducts for gas appliances shall not be ______ where terminating in an attic.
Fire dampers for hazardous exhaust ducts shall comply with ________ and the exhaust duct shall be constructed of an approve

Vented wall furnaces installed between bathrooms and adjoining rooms _______________

_______ valves shall be installed on the supply and return side of the heat exchanger.

Every boiler or modular boiler shall have a ___________ in the supply and return piping.

Evaporative cooling equipment shall be provided with an approved water supply ____________.

Underground ducts shall __________ to provide drainage. Metallic ducts not having an approved protective coating shall be com

Ducts shall be supported in accordance with ______________.

Where two or more gas appliance vent connectors enter a common gas vent, chimney flue or single-wall metal pipe, the ______
Copper tubing joints for Group A2, A3, B2, or B3 shall not be __________.

Gas utilization equipment shall not be connected to a chimney flue serving a separate appliance designed to burn __________.
Low water cut-off controls are required on __________ boilers.

Safety or relief valve discharge pipes shall be of rigid pipe that is approved for the _________ of the system.

Sizing a gas pipe system where each section is determined using the longest length of piping from the point of delivery to the m
Plastic pipe, fittings and components shall be ___________ as conforming to NSF 14.

The return oil line piping shall connect to the ________ of the tank. _________ shall not be installed on the return piping.

Gas piping installed downstream of the point of delivery shall not extend through any _________ other than the unit served by su
Where ducts used for cooling are externally insulated the insulation shall be covered with a __________.

__________ dampers or other means of supply air adjustment shall be provided at each duct register, grille, or diffuser.

Ducts shall not be attached to a _____________.

A mechanical joint is not ________ .

Only _________ fans can discharge their exhaust into the attic of dwelling units that have private attics.

Plastic gas piping requires a _________ tracer wire to be installed with a minimum ______ AWG

Manual D

Dampers - Air volume is controlled by ________

Flexible Duct - The LEAST efficient type of duct material per ACCA Manual D is ___

Extended plenum - The MOST common duct system per ACCA Manual D is ___

exterior walls - When looking at supply duct geometry, a perimeter supply duct system blankets the ________ with supply air.

200 - Plastic coated steel ducts cannot be used when temps exceed ________ degrees.

Blower cfm - To achieve the heating cooling factors, the design loads are divided into the ___________

not endorsed - Panned joints and stud spaces are ________ by ACCA

Dedicated return air duct/transfer duct/opening fitted with two return air grilled - An engineered low resistance path should be pr

0.09 cfm - The recommended minimum dealing requirement for panned airways is ______ per 100 sq ft at 0.10" w.c.

100 - Friction rates are measured in inches of water column per _____ ft of duct

adding - The Total Effective Length (TEL) is obtained by ______the straight run length and the fitting equivalent length.

blower - The goal of Manual D is to design a duct system that will work with the _____ that is supplied with the HVAC equipmen

0.03 - Default pressure drop value for: air supply grilles, registers/diffuses. return air and manual balancing dampers is _______

up and to the right - When speed INCREASES on a blower, what direction does the line move on the duct curve?

every branch-take off - A reducing trunk system is similar to an extended plenum design EXCEPT the sectional area of the trun

4% - Helix duct friction chatrs or duct slide rule equivalents do NOT apply to flexible duct that has more than _____% compressi

insulated - Ducts installed in an open crawl space must be tightly pealed and _______.

installing and adjusting balancing dampers - The excessive path cfm problems are resolved by ____ in appropriate locations.

0.35/0.70 - Manual J default for an average unsealed duct is _____cfm/sq ft of duct surface on the supply side and _____ cfm/sq

0.12/0.24 - Manual J default for an average sealing effort is _____cfm/sq ft of duct surface on the supply side and _____ cfm/sq

pressure drop - Resistance created when air is forced through equipment or a device installed in the air stream translated to a _

OEMs blower table - Available static pressure is the pressure that is available for the straight duct runs and fittings after it is sub

straight/fitting - The total pressure drop for a duct run equals the pressure loss for all ________ sections PLUS the pressure loss

pressure drop - A ________ is the pressure loss that occurs between any two points in a duct system.
friction rate - ______________ is the pressure loss that occurs between two points in a duct system that has separated by a spec

Line the first 5ft of supply duct/Line first 10ft of return duct/design the return so it has two 90 degree turns - Noise in a duct syst

largest - The procedure for sizing a duct system with multiple supply and return air outlets creating multiple effective lengths is t

available - Duct sizing is not based on the amount of pressure the that blower produces. It is based on the net pressure that is _

room air - The airflow rate that is required for a conditioned space depends on either the sensible cooling load or heating load A

multiplying/dividing - Once the design value for the blower cfm is know, the air flow required for each room can be estimated by

roughly compatible with - One part of Manual D is used to see if blower performance is ___________the airflow and pressure req

Total Effective Length - When adding a ducted return air to the system, some pressure is used to move air through the return a

The only change in the format to convert the system pressure drop value to a friction rate value will be the _______

match - The airflow resistance [produced by the duct system in terms of static pressure drop] should ____________ the External

larger - Friction rate duct sizing is not the only to design a duct system. Velocity noise should also be considered.

In most cases duct sizing that satisfied the friction rate procedure are too small to satisfy the velocity limit. Therefore, two sizes

The final design always uses the ______ of these two sizes.

900, 700 - When considering air velocity for noise control, the maximum velocity for the supply side trunk is ___________ fpm an

if the air velocity just up stream from a branch duct slows to about 50% of the initial velocity. - In a reduced plenum system, the
2015 MMC Tables
Section 305.4 Page 25 MMC - Piping support spacing MMC

Section 308.4.2 Page 29 MMC - Clearance reduction methods MMC

Section 403.3.1.1 Pages 36-39 MMC - Minimum ventilation rates MMC

Section 603.4 Page 70 MMC - Duct construction minimum thickness for single dwelling units.
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Section 607.3.2.1. Page 74 MMC - Fire damper rating MMC

Section 1004.3.1. Page 94 MMC - Boiler top clearances MMC

Section 1103.1 Pages 99-102 MMC - Refrigerant classification, amount and OEL. MMC