I-Con nightmare

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Moose1958, Jan 30, 2011.

  1. Moose1958

    Moose1958 Road Train Member

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    Friday night while in a rest area on I-20 near Madison Ga I tried to set my Intl 9400's I-Con failed and almost froze my butt off, thankfully I had a pair of long johns. Last night at the Flying J in Ft Chiswell Va I got some help in setting the system and with 2 exceptions had a nice warm 7 hour nap. Only problem I had was when the I-Con system cranked the truck the first time. I was 1/2 asleep and almost jumped out of the sleeper ready to fight. My question is simple, is there a way to get used or drown out this cranking?
     
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  3. celticwolf

    celticwolf Road Train Member

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    You'll get used to it.. I have, but then again I can sleep in a code 3 ambulance
     
  4. HEAVY DUDE

    HEAVY DUDE Road Train Member

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    Set it to the temp you want, then go rent a room, the cranking won't bother you at all.:biggrin_25525:
     
  5. VIDEODROME

    VIDEODROME Road Train Member

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    Isn't there a fuse you can pull to disable ICON?
     
  6. brinkj23

    brinkj23 "Asphalt Cowboy"

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    It sucks, I never got used to it. For about the first couple days you will wake up every time thinking someone is stealing your truck. After about a month of this crap, I figured out a way to confuse the truck and keep it running.
     
  7. Bumpy

    Bumpy Road Train Member

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    What IS I-CON??
     
  8. celticwolf

    celticwolf Road Train Member

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    Don't know about his company, but mine monitors the idle time.. icon doesn't bother me any more than the reefer
     
  9. celticwolf

    celticwolf Road Train Member

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    Idle control.. it turns the turn on and off to maintain temp and batteries
     
    Bumpy Thanks this.
  10. Moose1958

    Moose1958 Road Train Member

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    I drive for USA Truck and yes they monitor my idle time. As I was writing this I happened to be in my qualcomm status menu and noticed my idle time was 19.48 % I think the company standard is 30 % for I-Con and 5% for APUs. I have only had this tractor since friday, its my first tractor and according to my company I will get my regular tractor either in west memphis or Van Buren next week. This is provided I can get out of Allentown Pa. I got here today thinking I could deliver, my scheduled appointment was for 9AM in the AM but I was told to come on when I called. I got turned away at the gate and told my appointment was for 2AM on the 2nd. :mhissyfit: Now I am hoping my Fleet Manager can get me the hell out of here before the storm hits. :biggrin_25514:
     
  11. 25(2)+2

    25(2)+2 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    ICON is the Cummins version of Detroit's Opti-Idle.

    It's basically an automated system to start up and shut down the engine to maintain battery voltage, coolant temp, and cab temperature. At a set point, I think it allows constant running, if it is cold enough, to avoid problems related to cold startups and shutdowns.

    I have never had the experience of using either one, it seems mostly a large fleet option to bother using them. It was disabled in any truck I drove where it was so equipped.
     
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