Opti idle, does it keep you cool when trying to sleep?

@supersnackbar to the rescue!

 

It takes a WHILE to get used to the opti idle. I've had this truck for over 4 months now and it still occasionally wakes me up with the shaking. If I had my choice for something else I would take it. CRete only has opti idle trucks.

 

Earlier today, mine decided to run in heat mode instead of a/c mode twice, and it was 80+° outside. And now I have already had to restart my opti-idle 3x this evening because it has decided to not restart after it cools the sleeper down...when my cab gets into the low-mid 80’s and I wake up in a sweat, I get a bit irritable and cranky(or crankier). Plus, the new updated software they're installing will override wedging the throttle to keep it running all night, they say it'll try to shut down the engine at long traffic lights with the brakes released and in gear(my Wylie Mack Pinnacle would do that, and it was a PITA in traffic) And I don't know what's worse, it shaking you when it starts/stops, or when it decides to do it's parked regen at 2 am...the truck shakes bad enough to vibrate stuff off the bedside table for 10-15 min. And I will NEVER get use to it. They had it when I was here before and I NEVER got a decent nights sleep in the summer.

 

Same here

 

I have a hard time sleeping with truck idling... don't know how I survived teaming for 6 months 11 yrs ago...
My last company had an APU and I liked it a lot.
I am considering driving for Crete..... but would like to know more about this opt idle.
Summer heat doesn't bother me much but in the winter I need 80F in the truck to be comfortable and keep that bunk heater on the whole time.
I also plug a lot of stuff when I am not driving, laptop, cell, cooler (or refrigerator), electric pot for my cooking every evening, besides lights and radio on, and the bunk heater in the winter.
What Mr. @supersnackbar wrote about his opt-idle problems, with engine shutting down in traffic and doing a parked regen in the middle of his 10 hr break is not what I would like to have in a truck....
Has the company fixed those problems Mr. @supersnacker?

 

I read another comment about this opt-idle saying the thing starts "1000" times per night and everything shakes....
Going to visit the terminal here to check it out... but thinking maybe this is not going to work for me...

 

It sets out a warning tone and then starts the truck all by itself.
And then when it shuts down, the truck shakes.

 

The opti-idlers have a lot of issues. Sometimes you get lucky. The idler on this truck works.

But I can sleep with the temp up to about 80 if needed. Some guys need it ice cold. In that case, I am not sure.

 

I traded to a newer, manual truck and the opti-idle works better with this truck, but the thing will still do a parked regen if it has to idle a lot. As for the bunk heater, you still have to set the opti-idle for it to run. The old opti-idle system didn't, but the new trucks are different. With a lot of bigger stuff plugged in, it will restart to charge the batteries more often, but you can turn the heat hot enough to roast peanuts if you want, it actually has a digital display instead of the regular old HVAC rotary dial, so it's a little more accurate. It still shakes the truck when it starts and stops, but it doesn't do it as bad as the old system did.

 

The APU's also made some very low noise before starting... but never bothered me...