I have a tv,microwave,and laptop,but I rarely use my tv without being hooked up to Idleaire,and I have gotten away from eating from the microwave.

The only thing I really run is the laptop from the inverter,and like I said if that is enough to run down my batteries in 10 hrs I am in more trouble than I thought.

No to the deep cycle batteries and I only have 3 Interstates on my truck.

If I know I am gonna get up at 6am I set the timer to come on at 4am for the coolant heater and that provides luke warm air thru the vents when I start the truck.

And I guess what you have is alright if you have to sit around and wait for your next load and twiddle your thumbs,I like to spend as little time in this truck as I can and thats why I lease onto someone who gets me loads and home at the same time.

One thing to keep in mind about inverters. Even though you don't have anything plugged into them a standard 1500 watt inverter is using 200 watts of power. They all use power to generate 110 even if nothing is being used so when you park your truck or leave it for a while you should shut the inverter off.

As I do.

When you were shopping for yours Mike did they have these available. The page says it's a new product, I don't know how long ago you had yours installed. If you did look at them what did you think?

I don't think they had those not sure,I have heard that if in a real humid area they don't cool so well,but I have no first hand knowledge.

Total engine idle time 5963 hours since I bought the truck NEW on 12-10-98, NO one has ever driven this truck but me, I picked it up at the KW plant in Renton Wa, and brought it back to NY state.

Since I use a pump to unload I figure 10% of those hours to be pumping, which I get paid for.

Truck uses .9 gallon of fuel an hour, according to the Cat printout of the engine computer.
since APU's use .4 gallons an hour there is a difference of .5.

Based on the hours on the truck minus the pumping hours I come up with 600 hours a year.

An APU installed 9 years ago when I took delivery would be just about half paid for now, that is assuming it didn't require any repairs at all.

In 9 years of owning the KW, I put on 800,000 miles, so it doesn't really sit around either, I was off for 6 months in 2001 for open heart surgery, the truck has been in or through ALL 48 states, within the first 3 years I had it.

As far as microwaves, TV's coffee makers, NEVER had them in ANY truck, NEVER will, and DO NOT want them, I figure I spend enough hours in the dam truck, why the he!! would I want to eat in there too?

Save money? If you have to eat in the truck to save money, your already out of buisness, you just don't know it.

While I am NOT a big fan of any truck stop restarants, I will sit and be served any day rather than cook for myself, I carry a few snacks and some breakfast cereal, and bottled water, thats it, and I'm 6 feet tall and weigh 180, no boofay's for me either.

Realize this, these are MY numbers and fit MY operation, NOT Steve's or Rev's.....every bodys operation is DIFFERENT, it just shows that while an APU might be right for some, it isn't right for everybody, MY numbers show it WON'T do me any good.

And one more thing, anti idling laws, just WHO is going to enforce these?

Roaming bands of US Marshalls maybe, dream on, there aren't enough cops or DOT to enforce current laws, just look at "truck safety week" on June, 72 hour enforcement of DOT rules and all the scales aren't even open.

Half of the cops/DOT don't know the idle laws and the other half don't care.

How's that Mike :lol:

They told me it would maintain 75 degrees in the cab on a 90 degree day, NOT cool enough for me, I like the cab to be 60 or below.

hillbilly heater ??? I resemble that remark!!! :lol:

yee haw!! :wink: