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merrick4 08-22-2007 01:27 PM

Comfort Pro by Carrier.

Doghouse 08-22-2007 01:45 PM

Thats a good unit, how do you like the way it keeps the sleeper cool?

merrick4 08-22-2007 01:59 PM

Well to be honest I'm not one to have things cool. I keep the temp set at 79. Even at home in South Florida the Merrick family are living on the wild side if we drop the thermometer below 77 degrees. How I spent most of my life in New England, well it wasn't pretty.

But to answer your question, it does keep it at the comfort level I enjoy. Last night I had it on 77 by accident and I kept waking up freezing. I didn't realize it was on 77 til this morning so it works good. One thing is the truck didn't come with privacy curtains and I was going to get some but now I think it worked out better as it is easier to just close the middle curtains and it only has to keep a smaller area cool.

allan5oh 08-22-2007 02:28 PM

I've heard from several sources the thermo-king tripac is about the best out there.

Rigmasters seem to be noisy IMO.

08-22-2007 05:52 PM

I read a report on different APU's and they listed Rigmaster as the quietest on the market. Rigmaster's A/C is rated at 20,000 btu and that was the highest also.

I tend to be in very extreme places where temps rise over 100. My unit gets installed next week and it won't be long before I'm in a place where it's real hot so I'll he sure to come back and post my findings.

I DO NOT like to be hot

allan5oh 08-22-2007 06:38 PM

Perhaps I'm mistaken, I don't know.

Maybe these were older models.

I do know there are a few brands that are definitely LOUD.

So much so that guys re-route the APU exhaust into the truck exhaust(I would NOT recommend this).

08-22-2007 06:53 PM

You could be right Allan. I'm guessing maybe it was time for them to replace there muffler.

You can count on one thing though. I will put this thing through the paces by doing different experiments with it like leaving the truck alone in the hot sun after I pull in, eat, then come out and see how fast it recovers.

I'm sure the heat will work fine. That's the easy part.

The noise won't bother me but I may feel it's too loud for others and will do something about it. I'm sure there are many alternative mufflers I could have installed.

allan5oh 08-22-2007 07:18 PM

I remember one time pulling beside a truck that had a LOUD generator running.

It actually caused the panels in my truck to resonate, sort of a "speaker effect".

It was absolutely nauseating. You could feel the pressure fluctuations in your head!

08-22-2007 07:27 PM

That happens a lot to me. My engine idles so smooth I have to look at the tach some times to see if it's running. Then every so often it sounds real bad until I realize it's the truck next to me causing a harmonic frequency sound between my truck and there's.


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