Running with JCT, Part Deux

How the heck do you stand being without an apu? I'd go crazy without my computer and my computer won't run without my apu running. I have a gaming laptop and those inverters that plug in the the cig lighter will not run my laptop. So, when my apu goes down, I'm SOL. As a result of this, I consider my apu going down an immediate emergency and I'll literally treat it like my truck breaking down. Route me to the nearest apu shop, I don't budge until it's fixed. With all of the sitting we do as reefer drivers, my computer is the only thing that keeps me sane.

 

@MachoCyclone when idling, do you also bump up the rpms to about 900? For those who don't know this will help keep your exhaust gas temps higher so the system knows to do a parked regen when necessary. Also good for the cylinders.

What's frustrating is even if we could change out the 7th injector ourselves, we'd still need the $1000+ software to let the computer know it has been changed or cleaned and clear codes etc.

 

Man I run a tv and a directv box as well as a sound bar and my laptop on one of those plug in inverter. What ki nd of laptop do you have that it uses more then 150 watts.

 

My Lenovo needs a 300. I think that's the biggest that you can plug in before going to the battery. I think the 150 could have ran it but it would have been maxed. My 125 would just shut off.

 

A digital storm laptop with extras for top of the line gaming. 32 gig of ram, 16 gig video memory, etc. On a 300 watt inverter, the inverter lags and shuts down trying to charge the thing.

 

Good Lord no doubt...

 

I have a tough book with an i5 and extrenal hard drive with movies and TV shows.

 

Well, at least you aren't bored.

Does the bunk air work well in your truck? In my truck it really sucks. A lot of time when it gets extra hot out I have to run both my apu and my truck because the bunk air the truck provides seems to be blocked by something but the two things working together will freeze me out after a time. The bunk ac by itself might as well not be on.

 

Mine will freeze me out of the truck. When it's really hot and the reefer is on, I will disconnect and pull forward a few feet. But that's when the apu is working.