Advice on APU or Battery Powered system

I am having a Dynasys installed tomorrow. Seems the best route to go IMHO

 

get a ESM "Engine Start Module" and you will never worry about dead batteries again.....

 

Are the ESM's Cali legal? Or for that matter PA or NY legal with their 5 minute idle laws?

--Steven

 

Any one using small portable gas generator as a backup for battery APU? Harbor Freight sells 800 watt one for less then $100 and can be used to recharge batteris when needed. I have TriPack on my truck and love it, just wish it had bigger than 65w alternator for microwave and other appliances.

 

a ESM is the size of 1 battery, it sole job is just to start the truck
http://www.maxwell.com/products/ultracapacitors/products/engine-start-module
if you have a battery APU it is a must.....because when your batteries go dead you can still start the truck

the battery apu I will be building for my truck this year will have 8 batteries (deep cell) for a/c, heat and power
the setup i'm doing with the ESM will be about $3,500, that's 8 deep cell batteries, two 2,000 w invertors (1 for the ac/heat & 1 for house load) the ac/heat unit and the ESM.

a driver I know has this system in his truck with 6 batteries and a 5,000w invertor (no ESM) and it will keep his truck cool for 14-16hr in Laredo last summer

 

7000 new dynasys???? i think if new it goes over 9k installed.....am i wrong???

 

SHC please report where did u got it from and at what price installed.....i'm really looking for it too

 

A friend drives for a company that has the battery APU's. They are going back to regular APU's. They are not very good at cooling a truck.

They have to run the truck to charge it like others have said. When he is stuck for a long time and turns into a longer time, the truck does not idle and then no cooling or motel.