Auxiliary Power Units - 2016

I've got a comfort pro on my cascadia and it's been great. This unit only has 1100 hrs on it so I'll see soon enough if it will last. I really believe it will do well with proper maintenance. No one I know has anything good to say about this unit so I may be alone here. Had a TK on a previous truck and that thing never failed me. Probably my only gripe about the Carrier is that it sounds like a go cart engine running wide open as the TK sounds like same go cart at idle.

 

Hurst

 

You are right sir about that Honda generator as it is efficient and quiet. I've seen them rigged up on trucks before, usually running a window A/C. I have always been curious about the battery powered apu's as I have seen them on many Pro stars and wondered if they could actually work running A/C. Very interested in quiet.

 

It is very quiet. I can not hear it from inside the sleeper. No idea that its running except for the fact that everything it powers is on an operating.

On econo-mode it will power AC or heat, fridge, microwave, computer, 42" TV, Satellite dish, hotplate or forman grill,.. 15 - 18 hrs continuous. All elevations from Fla to the Rockies,.. all temps from triple digits in Phoenix to sub zero in Williston. Been running mine for over 2 yrs now,.. not one single problem.

The only down side is the need for gasoline instead of diesel. Its hush hush quiet compared to the lawn tractor noise of most diesel APU's. I cant stand the noise from them.

There are so many different ways to utilize it also. Use it as a charger for a battery APU for extended usage, or as a power source for your home away from home creature comforts as I do with mine.

Costs much much less than an APU and from what little I have read and heard from people who went the APU route,.. the Honda is much more reliable. New warranty and if it ever needs service,.. there are thousands of RV and cycle shops that are certified service centers for these things. Much more convenient than an APU in that regard.

Hurst

 

Sweet set up!

 

I just got a 2017 cascade, no APU. It back to the Detroit Optimized Idle system. Truck has Espar bunk heater, then for A/C and battery charging and oil temp. The Detroit Optimized Idle will start the truck engine and idle at 900 RPMs. They claim when the DPF is full from idling, it will do a parked regeneration automatically. It kinda interesting to see the new emission truck with Detroit Optimized Idle. I had it on S60. If the system can do a parked regeneration automatically like they claim that's pretty impressive