How is an insulated vehicle that has a mechanical cold-producing device (such as a compressor or absorption machine), capable of lowering the interior temperature of the body and keeping it there continuously, classified under the regulations?

Question

DentroTest · Accepted Answer

According to the classification by construction criteria in Annex II of the General Vehicle Regulations, the mechanically refrigerated vehicle is an insulated vehicle fitted with a cold-producing device, individual or shared among several transport vehicles (such as a mechanical compressor unit or an absorption machine), which makes it possible to lower the temperature inside the body and keep it permanently at set values. A plain insulated vehicle only has a body with insulating walls that limit the exchange of heat with the outside, without that device. The refrigerated vehicle, for its part, uses a source of cold other than a mechanical or absorption unit.

How is an insulated vehicle that has a mechanical cold-producing device (such as a compressor or absorption machine), capable of lowering the interior temperature of the body and keeping it there continuously, classified under the regulations?

Want to pass the Permit C and C1 (English) theory test first time?