How well is your APU working for you
#13
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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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.
#15
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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
#16
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: jackassville (winnipeg, mb)
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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).
#17
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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.
#18
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: jackassville (winnipeg, mb)
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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!
#19
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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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