Starting cold engine

[xzostd1]

I'll be going to Green Bay (go Packers) on Mon. to buy a Bunk heater and separate coolant heater combo, they quoted $1700. (carry out)

Its been mentioned before but they really work very well. I will guess that if your truck doesn't start in the cold just one event could potentially cost the same as the coolant heater ( combining repair cost and lost revenue). You could also freeze to death in the UP :shock:
Bill

Can you elaborate on where you got that, or is it a secret?

I picked up the kit last Tue.
De Cleene Truck Repair in Green Bay, Wi
920-339-9399

tandem kit 717 12v D Premium
AT069460 and TTC823929
$1920.00 with installation parts
I'll be starting the install on this Wed.
Bill

[solo379]

Context!!!

Geez sometimes it is feast or phantom around here.

feast or FATHOM?????

You people make my head hurt.

It's feast or FAMINE.

That was the point! Gosh....

Steve, would you be so nice, to "translate" all that for me? Please...

[Bigmon]

De Cleene....is that like Da Plane Da Plane.

Steve, would you be so nice, to "translate" all that for me? Please...

Soory Solo butt eye kant. May bee if eye drunk moore I kuud.

[cmegobye]

My truck won't start this morning. It only got to 40. My car has been dead also so I can't jump it off the car. Anyone know where the battery is in a Carrier reefer unit?

I'm sure the refer unit battery will not even come close to jump starting you if that's what your thinking. If your car is close by or can be pushed close to the truck the batteries in your truck may be enough to jump start your car. Then you could jump the truck with the car.

[cmegobye]

Yep, that's what I was thinking. I'll try to push my car down there and give your other idea a try. If it doesn't work, I'll have a car and a truck in the street that won't start. I LOVE MY JOB!!! My boss however is another story. Thanks for the input.

[bob h]

I'm sure the refer unit battery will not even come close to jump starting you if that's what your thinking. If your car is close by or can be pushed close to the truck the batteries in your truck may be enough to jump start your car. Then you could jump the truck with the car.

The reefer will not jump start your truck any more than the car would... they both have batteries and alternators.

Use the reefer alternator to charge the truck batteries over a period of time...

[Teal 95 KW]

I'm not 100% sure what you are trying to say, but you CAN jumpstart a truck off of a car. I have jumped my KW off of my pickup several times before.

[bob h]

I'm not 100% sure what you are trying to say, but you CAN jumpstart a truck off of a car. I have jumped my KW off of my pickup several times before.

What I was attempting to get across was the fact that a reefer charging system is no different than a car's charging system... alternator, battery and cables - either system is "as capable" of getting the truck started as the other.

[Blacksheep]

Context!!!

Geez sometimes it is feast or phantom around here.

feast or FATHOM?????

Do you mean feast or famine ? Third times a charm.

[xzostd1]

I just wanted to emphasize how happy I am with with my Webasto heaters!
My engine heater is programmed to come on at 3AM . When I'm in my bunk ready to sleep I just reach up and push one button, wake up at 4, start up my prewarmed engine at 4:30 , idle for 10 minutes while I do a PTI and down the road. The heater is preprogrammed to stay on for 2hrs. whether you start it manually or start it with the timer.

The bunk heater keeps my Volvo 770 condo warm and cozy. Since its still Fall here (In the UP) the coldest I have seen so far is -8..... I may build some insulated covers for the multiple windows and skylight for when we move from fall to winter :shock:

I don't know if anyone else has done this but I also have a CO/ smoke detector in my sleeper.
Bill
Menominee, MI