Air Conditioning from the Reefer (fake or real?)

Lol.. I have been wondering how they haven't found a way to use the reefer alternator to power truck ac instead of having to idle truck or have apu.. surely they could beef up the alternator to supply enough juice to run air conditioning.. like shore power type deal.

 

Hm. That's interesting.

Ye Gods, of all the trouble ive seen in hot cabs I never thought about that little workaround to get cold air into the cab, you would need a stout fan to pull it into the cab.

It would be a great work around for anti idle.

In the past I have read technical descriptions "The Trucker" newspaper (Do they even print that wonderful old rag anymore? I miss it so terribly...) where the connections beyond the air lines and pig tail are made to a custom reefer trailer to support and provide the cab with heat, air conditioning and hot and cold water for showers etc. The way the technical papers put it it was a beautiful solution to everything. Even 120 volt house power would have been availible to the cab and sleeper. (Although it would have to be wired to oceangoing marine standards because sometimes big trucks get wet etc)

Someone should give that dryer hose a go from the trailer reefer's ventilation door up there into the cab as shown here in the picture see how it goes. Remember you can heat a reefer to 90 degrees for winter heating of that cab. Although I don't see it going well without a uber fan and ducting to "Pull" that heat or cold into the cab.

 

The two whose AC's have failed did not accept that expense. However the Law sez that the shop has replaced the entire system and the bill stands at 1500 dollars with labor and parts all in, pay em.

Today.

The yelling has not stopped from the two companies I managed to work around failed A/C systems. Although finding a T/A Mechanic who will not question my request to replace a 1500 dollar subsystem in it's entirety in a company tractor is not too difficult back then. They can use the money. Only someone has to pay it.

Better to ask forgiveness than permission I say. Lightning does strike twice.

 

One did.

That was where the savings came in. Took a kick in the teeth it did. But I had savings so I could back up my big mouth and precious new A/C that causes a layer of ice to form in the worst of alabama summer.

Bossman made a point of handing me THAT check. I opened it up saw the negative 1645 or so and it seems like the blood drained out of me then and there. Then I remembered that have savings for that type of problem and the world is right anyway. I smiled at him and said that's settled then Boss. That truck is mine to keep until you fire me someday for something else.

He paled and asked me you wealthy? I said yes, a little bit of savings, This deduction is not too difficult. It is not too often people turn white when they lose the temper absolute rage inside of them. Those are the dangerous ones I reckon. Yelling is ok, beet red i can do, even purple with a eye not working well and a few temporary body issues those are ok after a while. The whites though... they mark you for life it seems.

 

Guess he always goes straight ?

 

I have seen a company driver hooking battery cables from his refeer unit to his truck to keep his battery powered apu charged. The company had quick disconnects set up and it took less then a minute. It was a big company maybe KB? I'm not sure.