Possible invention...whatcha think?

This has been discussed a few times on the the forum... The problem is no quick connect would handle the pressure a reefer produces..

 

Cooling coils like a heatercore, one in cab with fan, one inside the little door on the trailer, then run a small circulating pump between the two using a medium like ammonia, or even coolant.

 

Y'all are putting too much into it.. Why not just have a trap door on the trailer and cab, run insulated 5 inch hose between the two. Reefer should be able to handle the extra volume in the cab, no?

 

Hmmmmmm - matteress in the corner of the trailer with an extra blanket...

Keep thinking outside of the box. There are some answers out there we just have to ask the right questions.

Charlie

 

Hey, zig

Getting air off the plenum would be easy enough, but you'd only have flow with the unit running. A better idea might be a double tube connected to the box and cab. 2 inline fans, one blowing, one sucking. That way it'd cool as long as box was cool instead of only when unit's running. It would also keep from generating negative pressure on the trailer if you only had suction fan.
And TJ, as far as quick connects if you tried to use the actual refrigerant to run an cooling coil; pressure isn't the issue, 10,000 psi fittings are readily available. The issue is the small loss of refrigerant at couple/uncouple. A tiny amount adds up. Such fittings are the weak point in an otherwise sealed system.

 

2 problems.

1. The oder in some loads.

2. what to do in winter?


I think better thing for reefer drivers is one of those electric apu's and then you hook the batteries in the truck to the reefer so the reefer keeps it charged....if you are pulling someone else's reefer, you are gold, as its their fuel.

When I ran reefer, I used 20ft cables to hook reefer to truck batteries when I had to stay in NYC in the winter months, this kept bunk heater running, and my inverter running my laptop and tv.


K

 

mmm! how bout those catfish loads outta Mississippi. if your serious about your invention check out a guy named Harvey Reese. He has a lot of good info.