Making my own APU
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by Tuckster, Jan 21, 2010.
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I gotta say, I would NOT post links to those pictures. That is one hillbilly setup ya got there. I especially like the plywood and the gas tank right under the muffler pipe. One rusty spark and there ya go.
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You can make these or buy the whole thing on e-bay. Its not gravity feed. I will probably get the EU2000 as it will generate enough juice and is very quite and fuel effecient. I would like an electric start (remote) but thet seem to be available on the larger models only.
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How noisy is the Honda 2000 vs. Honda 3000 ? Does anyone know ? I don't care about numbers of decibels, but your personal opinion ? There is anyone who have complains about noise ?
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The Honda EU2000 is very quiet...Mine sets behind the cab and you have a hard time hearing it 10 feet from the truck...You can't hear it inside either...Nice thing is't nice and cool inside...and less than a gallon of gas a night...Works great for me...And I have about 1200 bucks in the whole setup...I know guys who spend that much everytime they go to Thermo King to get there APU repaired....
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And what kind of AC unit would u recomand ? Are those things quiet when run in the sleeper ? I would prefer not to make holes in my sleeper thou.
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I also run a honda 2000.Still looking around for a/c unit might go with a window unit, Walmt have some small ones for a 100 bucks (5000) btu's......make a window bracket and pop it in......they are very light.Have been looking at portable a/c too, 300/400. I do have to refill the gen after a while, they hav small tanks on them, thats there only draw back. Super quiet.
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hi what is the best place to buy a honda 2000 ,and what is better a airunit for the windows o for the flor,how many btu is the minimum to coling a columbia 2 bunksleeper.and give me the place and the modellname for the acunit,iam not a mecanic how i can fix the windows bracket, can i buy this piece or not meaby you have a foto to see how is this bracket iam not have any idea thanks for helping
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I know one of the big drawbacks of the battery powered units, is the amount of time before the batteries will need recharging. If you are on a decent schedule, then you will sleep and drive roughly 50/50 and the batteries can be recharged dailey but if you end up sitting over a weekend or somewhere waiting for a load then the batteries would need to rechatged. Why not have a small gas powered generator just to charge the batteries when necessary ??? I still have not seen what these units cost. I know the batteries are expensive but you burn almost no fuel and hardly any maintainance.
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