Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer

In my freightliner my company has told me to get the bunk heater to stay on and warm properly you have to leave a light on. I just leave the sleeper floor light on and it has been working so far

 

What was the temp outside? Don’t they have is set so the truck can idle under a certain temp? For safety sake.

 

My truck will only idle at 15 or lower however the outside thermometer picks up the heat from the engine when its just idling so after 10 minutes it's reading a temp a lot higher than the outside and won't idle.

However my bunk heater works fine so long as I set it to 90. Any lower and it reaches temp to soon and shuts off requiring a restart.

 

Espar heaters are very simple. Service items are the igniter, igniter screen, and fuel filter. There’s a small hole in the igniter slot that needs to be cleared if it’s clogged. I serviced my D2 espar last week, took a total of 8 minutes.

My company will take the truck to thermoking but I ordered the parts myself, got reimbursed, and skipped the TK dealer altogether. Just like anything else, espar heaters require a little maintenance.

There are lots of videos on servicing these. I watched most of them and will save you the trouble. This is the only one you need.

 

Mine will idle at any temp below 29.

 

Mine won’t idle for #### now. Single digits a few weeks ago in Nebraska and as newbie said the fix all is cranking that bunk heater all the way up lol

 

That’s cold. I’d get the room too