I start my new gig Tuesday. My first gig (3.5 years ago) was reefer. After spending almost 3 years in the dry van world, I'm going back to reefer. I doubt much has changed in that amount of time, but I have heard that most of the new reefer units set themselves for continuous or stop/start, depending on the temp setting. The new ones seem to be quieter as well.
Anyway, guess it's time to break out my old thermometers.
I'm Headed Back To Reefer World
Discussion in 'Refrigerated Trucking Forum' started by Frank Speak, May 25, 2016.
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It depends how your company has the units setup as far as automatically selecting cycle or continuous.
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Some carriers just don't want to risk start/stop so they use continuous all the time.
Also, riskier to use start/stop in low temperatures because of the negative effects on battery start power, short run times, & fuel gelling.
Depends also on if your company has "smart presets" installed on their reefers. On Carrier reefers they are referred to as "Intellisets" & determine a whole host of effects based on the Intelliset parameters such as start/stop or continuous, min/max temps, start temps, stop temps, defrost cycles, recirculating or using fresh air, RPM limits/priority/ramp up, ect.
The older carrier reefers sound like a roaring tornado while the newer emission ready X4 7300/7500 & Vector 8500/8600 use a DPF filter so they have a much lower note that sounds like a slow, droning giant bumblebee & the lower Hz sound travels though barriers (truck cab) better, vibrating & droning into your eardrums much more effectively.
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