I need some help with an APU. Hubby just got assigned a truck with an APU and inverter, or so we thought. We are now discovering that the electrical plug will only work when the APU is running. What good is that? Are we doing something wrong here? It looks like the APU is a Proheat Gen 4 by Teleflex Power Systems.
APU Help
Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by leannamarie, Aug 26, 2008.
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Sounds like the electrical outlet is connected to the APU, not the truck batteries. An inverter would be connected to the batteries, then the APU would charge them.
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Why would anyone make it that way? What good is the outlet if it can't power anything unless the truck is off and the APU is on?
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use the inverter when the APU is not running, in fact I get my 110 power from the inverter all the time and the APU is used for heating and cooling and to keep the batteries charged, I only use the generator to run the block heater which is hardwired to it.
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My APU doesn't have an AC generator, I use an inverter for all my AC and run the APU for heat, A/C, and power (12Volt 165 Amp.)
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Mine is the same way. It can be a little of a pain but that is just the way it is set up.
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Some were set up with an alternator that only worked with the APU running, The inverters were unhooked in trucks not running OTR, now I have neither in the Columbia, but the Star is still considered OTR, so its' inverter is still connected. The APUs are non operational,don't know what the next truck will have in it.
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I have the same situation. Where is the best place to get these modifications done.
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