Watkins shepard

OK so I just found Out I passed my HPE and will be in Conover, NC on Sept 27th. But I did forget to ask a question, I did ask Roxy before and she wasn't sure and I don't want to have to call back to ask ANOTHER question today lol I pretty sure everyone that answers phones in Missoula knows who I am haha.

So my question is, How big of an inverter to they allow?


I not planing on getting anything huge, I just don't want to buy a 2500 Watt inverter, and come to find out they only allow 1500 watts lol.

Are there any specific types or brands they want or Don't want?


Thanks!



American Trucker

 

i was told the first day i talked to them and asked, that they have apu's on most of the trucks...is that accurate? then you wouldnt have to worry about inverters, would you?

 

i donno.......



American Trucker

 

APU does not equal...power supply.

 

I can attest to this fact. I once took a furniture load from Myrtle, MS to Lakewood, WA with a stop in Spokane. Both stops were terminal stops..
So, I was running low on hours when I took the load, told my inbound and outbound dispatcher that I would need a reset along the way. So, I'm on my 34 in St. Joseph, and I get a QC from someone askng, "why am I still in Missouri" I later found out that it was the terminal manager in Lakewood looking at the GPS to see where I was at with his precious furniture....

As for inverters, I personally have a 2000 watt one that they installed without even batting an eye. I was told 2500 is the max, but you may want to ask someone in charge before buying one....and some APU's = electricity. My first truck had a blackrock APU and it had a 110 outlet built into the truck...but blackrock has since gone out of business and as the current ones die, they don't have many replacement parts...

 

Never mind.......was already answered! lol





American Trucker

 

My truck had a BlackRock and 2 outlets.

I used a 6 ft extension cord to connect those outlets to my invertor, which was connected to the batteries.

 

Well, yeah..2 outlets, built into one recepticle....the kind that's in a house. I wasn't very clear

 

Okay...maybe I wasn't clear.

Speaking in those terms. I had 4 outlets in 2 receptacles.