---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 429.104"
title: "10"
number: "429.104"
heading: "Assessment testing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/429.104"
---

# §429.104. Assessment testing.

- (a) DOE may, at any time, test a basic model to assess whether the basic model is in compliance with the applicable energy conservation standard(s).
- (b) For variable refrigerant flow multi-split air conditioners and heat pumps (other than air-cooled with rated cooling capacity less than 65,000 btu/h), when DOE may require that the manufacturer of a basic model ship at its expense any means of control for the basic model necessary for conducting testing in accordance with Appendix D1 to [subpart F](/cfr/10/subpartF.md) of [10 CFR part 431](/cfr/10/part431.md) of this subchapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[87 FR 63895, Oct. 20, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6291-6317; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 12451, Mar. 7, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[87 FR 63895, Oct. 20, 2022]