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If you find a refrigerant leak while using a halide torch, what will happen to the flame as the exploring tube approaches the leak?

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Question 1 of 27070

If you find a refrigerant leak while using a halide torch, what will happen to the flame as the exploring tube approaches the leak?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Halide torch operation and purpose • Typical flame color in normal air vs. presence of halogenated refrigerants (like Freon) • How leak-detection torches SIGNAL the presence of a refrigerant

💭 Think About

• When a halide torch is burning normally, what color is the flame? • What do halide (halogen) gases do to a copper/butane torch flame when they are present in the air being sampled? • Which color change is classically associated with detecting a refrigerant leak using this older method?

✅ Before You Answer

• Know the normal flame color of a properly adjusted halide torch with no leak present • Recall the specific color technicians were trained to watch for as a positive leak indication • Distinguish between colors caused by fuel/air adjustment and colors caused by refrigerant vapors

Question 1 of 27070

If you find a refrigerant leak while using a halide torch, what will happen to the flame as the exploring tube approaches the leak?

it will change from blue to orange

it will change from green to blue

it will change from blue to green

it will stay blue