IdleAir is a NEW service showing up in truck stops everywhere. There is a over-head support that holds a big AC unit (one for each truck) the driver puts a big yellow "comdom" in his passenger window. The AC blows somewhat cool air and there is CATV, Internet, 120V available at an additional cost. IdleAir got most of their start-up money from a HUGE Government Grant (TAX$$$) They charge about $1.80 PER HOUR for basic hook-up.
I have heard that the AC is barely adequate during the HOT months and the heat keeps your truck just above refrigerator temperature during the winter. Can't vouch for that, I don't use it, nor do I intend on starting.
An "APU" is an Auxilliary Power Unit on the truck that burns diesel, powers a HVAC, 120V generator, provides power to keep the batteries charged and block heat during the winter.
IdleAir FORBIDS use of an APU while parked in one of "their" spaces.
Kicked Out By IdleAire???
Discussion in 'Driver Health' started by Pur48Ted, May 12, 2007.
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Back BEFORE GWB was elected, while Clinton/Gore still occupied the Oral Office, three "Captains of Industry" visited them.
WHO?? you might ask?
Ken Lay
Jeff Skilling
(CEO and VP of ENRON; respectively)
and Brittish Petroleum's Sir John Browne
Date: Aug 4, 1997
Agenda: To ensure the US joined up to the KYOTO Protocol: an international treaty capping carbon dioxide emissions, in the name of the catestrophic MANMADE "Global Warming", and as it happens to make each of them an awful lot of money. (Can anyone SAY: Carbon Credits??)
And as any reasonable person knows; CO2 IS NOT a "green-house" gas.
Man IS NOT contributing to "global warming" and there isn't anything man can do to stop it.
You should BUY AND READ:
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism by Christopher C. Horner (former White House Insider during the Clinton/Gore Error, and presently Senior Fellow at the Competetive Enterprize Institute) -
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I wouldn't discount the .1 gph claim simply because the manufacturer states otherwise. Just like automobile manufacturers, I am sure these folks probably place specs of .25 or so because they know that number is easily obtainable, rather than list the .1 gph that the APU can probably average in many situations.
Regardless though, it is far less than what a big CAT engine will be using, and is much better on the environment. -
Thanks for the input
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It works when you work it, so keep workin it cause your'e worth it -
Not sure if I like the idea of propane. Lifeforce says a tank should be fine for four days on the road. I realize you can bring extra's but sounds like more trouble than its worth.
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