webasto question

http://megaholod.net/offers_articles/tk/0042.pdf

Thermoking EON other option

 

Just get them fixed. These new APU's come with the equivalent of what you already have anyways. The thermoking APU's come with a webasto bunk heater I thought. Why re purchase components you already have. Just fix em up.

My webasto was great for an entire winter. Then the last night of winter I wanted to use it, mind you, it was not that cold, but I had become used to perfect interior temp. Anyways, last night of the winter/spring I wanted to use it and it didn't work and said check heater on the display. I scratched it on the fix later list, and enjoyed the summer. Now last night was cold in IL, and I really could have used that heater. Time to find that manual and give her a quick service for next winter.

Used rigmaster is in my future to tend batteries and provide hotel loads of electric comfort. I need to find some steps too.

I have to mount under my passenger door because my fuel tanks are set too far back.

 

Just get a used APU without the extra components. $3-4k for a good used APU and install the gen only, or Gen and AC if you already have the bunk heater. Some of the APUs have the heat and AC in one module and some have the webasto heater and a separate AC unit. I think. I'm just know researching all this, trying to find a good used gen only unit.

 

Those maxwell starting modules are pretty pricey. For the money they are asking you could setup a whole extra bank of 4 batteries. Running 8 batteries total, and isolate 2 normal batteries just for starting. And you'd still have money left over.

 

If you have 4 good batteries you should have no issues running a bunk heater and an engine heater for an hour or so before you start it. Its not like the bunk heater is running 100 per cent of the time. An hour should be lots to get the engine warmed up enough to start easily.

 

I have to agree here. But, when it gets real cold, all that goes out the window. The extreme cold you see up North will zap batteries But in mild temps you could run fridge, cpap, laptop, and bunk heater all night. If your worried about the truck not starting you can start monitoring your usage. Get a volt meter with an alarm and get it direct wired or tapped into a DC source that is already going straight to the batteries. I have some aftermarket DC outlets in my truck that were already direct wired and I just have a plug in voltmeter. I used to worry about my batteries a lot, but after seeing the abuse they can take I crunch on them hard.

Batteries are cheap, and even if I replace every year its only $400 USD. I paid like $89 a piece for good batts. And I torture them every night I'm away from home. They are still sitting at 12.2 in the morning. Now when I reset, I fire the truck up twice a day for 30 minutes to recharge.

 

As far as cold starts go, get a full synthetic. You can extend the drain intervals and the engine turns so smooth. I switched from conventional to full synthetic middle of winter last year and whoah! what a noticeable difference.

 

As far as cold starts go, get a full synthetic. You can extend the drain intervals and the engine turns so smooth. I switched from conventional to full synthetic middle of winter last year and whoah! what a noticeable difference.