[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR430.63]

[Page 377-378]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 430_ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS--Table of 
Contents
 
                 Subpart F_Certification and Enforcement
 
Sec. 430.63  Sampling.

    (a) For purposes of a certification of compliance, the determination 
that a basic model complies with the applicable energy performance 
standard or water performance standard (in the case of faucets, 
showerheads, water closets, and urinals) shall be based upon the 
sampling procedures set forth in Sec. 430.24 of this part. For purposes 
of a certification of compliance, the determination that a basic model 
complies with the applicable design standard shall be based upon the 
incorporation of specific design requirements for clothes dryers, 
dishwashers, clothes

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washers and kitchen ranges and ovens specified in section 325 of the 
Act.
    (b) A basic model which meets the following requirements may qualify 
as an ``other than tested model'' for purposes of the certification 
testing and sampling requirements:
    (1) Central air conditioners: The condenser-evaporator coil 
combinations manufactured by the condensing unit manufacturer other than 
the combination likely to have the largest volume of retail sales or the 
condenser-coil combinations manufactured in part by a component 
manufacturer using the same condensing unit.
    (2) For purposes of certification of ``other than tested models,'' 
as defined in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, a manufacturer may 
certify the basic model on the basis of computer simulation or 
engineering analysis as set forth in Sec. 430.23(m) of this part.

[54 FR 6081, Feb. 7, 1989, as amended at 63 FR 13321, Mar. 18, 1998]