[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR305.7]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
 PART 305_RULE CONCERNING DISCLOSURES REGARDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION 
 
Sec. 305.7  Determinations of capacity.

    The capacity of covered products shall be determined as follows:
    (a) Refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers. The capacity shall be 
the total refrigerated volume (VT) in cubic feet, rounded to the nearest 
one-tenth of a cubic foot, as determined according to appendix A1 to 10 
CFR part 430, subpart B.
    (b) Freezers. The capacity shall be the total refrigerated volume 
(VT) in cubic feet, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of a cubic foot, as 
determined according to appendix B1 to 10 CFR part 430, subpart B.
    (c) Dishwashers. The capacity shall be the place-setting capacity, 
determined according to appendix C to 10 CFR part 430, subpart B.
    (d) Water heaters. The capacity shall be the first hour rating, as 
determined according to appendix E to 10 CFR part 430, subpart B.
    (e) Pool heaters. The capacity shall be the heating capacity in 
Btu's per hour, rounded to the nearest 1,000 Btu's per hour, as 
determined according to appendix P to 10 CFR part 430, subpart B.
    (f) Room air conditioners. The capacity shall be the cooling 
capacity in Btu's per hour, as determined according to appendix F to 10 
CFR part 430, subpart B, but rounded to the nearest value ending in 
hundreds that will satisfy the relationship that the value of EER used 
in representations equals the rounded value of capacity divided by the 
value of input power in watts. If a value ending in hundreds will not 
satisfy this relationship, the capacity may be rounded to the nearest 
value ending in 50 that will.
    (g) Clothes washers. The capacity shall be the tub capacity, rounded 
to the nearest gallon, as determined according to appendix J to 10 CFR 
part 430, subpart B, in the terms ``standard'' or ``compact'' as defined 
in appendix J.
    (h) Furnaces. The capacity shall be the heating capacity in Btu's 
per hour, rounded to the nearest 1,000 Btu's per hour, as determined 
according to appendix N to 10 CFR part 430, subpart B.
    (i) Central air conditioners, cooling. The capacity shall be the 
cooling capacity in Btu's per hour, as determined according to appendix 
M to 10 CFR part 430, subpart B, rounded to the nearest 100 Btu's per 
hour for capacities less than 20,000 Btu's per hour; to the nearest 200 
Btu's per hour for capacities between 20,000 and 37,999 Btu's per hour; 
and to the nearest 500 Btu's per hour for capacities between 38,000 and 
64,999 Btu's per hour.
    (j) Central air conditioners, heating. The capacity shall be the 
heating capacity in Btu's per hour, as determined according to appendix 
M to 10 CFR part 430, subpart B, rounded to the nearest 100 Btu's per 
hour for capacities less than 20,000 Btu's per hour; to the nearest 200 
Btu's per hour for capacities between 20,000 and 37,999 Btu's per hour; 
and to the nearest 500 Btu's per hour for capacities between 38,000 and 
64,999 Btu's per hour.
    (k) Fluorescent lamp ballasts. The capacity shall be the ballast 
input voltage, as determined according to appendix Q to 10 CFR part 430, 
subpart B.

[59 FR 34033, July 1, 1994, as amended at 59 FR 49564, Sept. 28, 1994]