It’s cold in here!

The way some are plumbed up just having it running keeps your coolant and engine up around 100°. If you look under your hood and see a clear domed thing with a pleated filter you also have a bit of protection against gelling as well as it runs coolant through the fuel prefilter. Oh, my mistake, it's a fuel/water seperater primarily and only some have a coolant loop.

 

Yes the espars are awesome. 85degrees u will regret that when it feels like arizona summer time in there. My cascadia i would set it at 65 or so and it would be comfortable , this t680 i set it at 75 and i was still cold, bad air circulation in this truck for some reason.

 

I wonder about the rest of it being blah blah at the message on key up front.

If someone would take a #### minute and take in what the truck is trying to tell him...

In my day we had a wabco in some trucks, light that off as long you had fuel and battery, you had heat back there. Its not ideal but better than nothing.

 

Wonder about the rest of what , I believe we helped the driver out.

 

you wouldnt turn them old bunk heater knobs up to 84. you would wake up at 3am. cloths or cloths and step outside. if you like 68 you would set it on 48.

 

I'd keep some antigel/conditioner for the fuel if you're running that crappy southern fuel. The stuff we get up here in northern Canada I've honestly never seen gel and it hits -40 some days.

Wouldn't hurt to keep some good winter survival gear either. Good heavy emergency jacket, gloves etc. Breakdowns do happen and you won't regret being prepared.

 

An espar coolant heater keeps the engine warm, a bunk heater just warms the air, no coolant. Two different animals for different purposes.
Webasto has the same type setups, air or coolant.