THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE - DFO gets a truck and hops on Schneider's IC Choice Program

It can be put into "null mode" where it does nothing for cab temperature control (no fan, no heat, no cooling) but it simply monitors battery voltage and will start the APU engine when the batteries drop below a certain voltage. I leave it on this mode when I am at home for a day or so, that way my fridge stays on and cold, I can leave my GPS, etc., hooked up and left on, and all my settings and presets are saved on my radio. If I'm home for longer than that I just flip the night switch but then I gotta set my radio, clocks, etc., back up and of course can't leave anything in my fridge. Also if I assign a load while the Qualcomm has no power at all, it won't appear on the device when I start it back up, so I have to call in to have it resent.

A better solution would just be to install a battery tender and plug it into the wall when I'm at home, been saying I'd do that for a while but just haven't gotten around to it yet, lol.

 

No, unfortunately it does not. This is the ONE thing that I like about the electric APUs, is that they do have a shore power plugin that can run the unit indefinitely if you have a 120v plugin, and I'm assuming it has a built-in charger that will maintain the tractor batteries as well as the APU batteries.

The diesel APU has a AC compressor and a 60 amp alternator, but nothing to make use of 120v power.

 

Take a closer look at the Cascadias they have some nice ones that aren't just basic fleet spec trucks. Mine has a Cummins ISX and a 13spd and a diesel APU. Nice gauge package, nice interior package, and its much better built than any company truck I drove. It has double the miles my company Cascadia had but none of the rattly cabinets or just in general poorly put-together feel that the fleet spec truck had.