Inverters....
#31
02-23-2009, 06:59 PM
actually this was for Carlos....my old one did. when it got low the alarm went off in the sleeper. this one dont have an alarm....which kinda sucks. but hey, had i been rolling and not sitting for 2 days, not to mention having to play the 'fastest fingers' game in order to get a flippin' load.....i wouldnt have needed two jumps.
But hey, it works out better for me.....that fastest fingers preplan i didnt win was only 1100some odd miles. this one i DID win, was just shy of 1700. ....SO SUCK ON THAT SWIFT DRIVERS!!!!!!!!!!!! lol 
#32
02-24-2009, 05:23 AM
actually this was for Carlos....my old one did. when it got low the alarm went off in the sleeper. this one dont have an alarm....which kinda sucks. but hey, had i been rolling and not sitting for 2 days, not to mention having to play the 'fastest fingers' game in order to get a flippin' load.....i wouldnt have needed two jumps.
But hey, it works out better for me.....that fastest fingers preplan i didnt win was only 1100some odd miles. this one i DID win, was just shy of 1700. ....SO SUCK ON THAT SWIFT DRIVERS!!!!!!!!!!!! lol  Although the lack of freight is kind of making it suck 
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#33
02-24-2009, 05:26 AM
Ohh yeah, I was going to mention, the truck I am in has a 5000w inverter factory installed, with 10 total 120v receptacles scattered about the sleeper (looks just like the outlets in a house, even uses standard outlet face plates). Not to mention a factory installed fridge. This truck has YET to have the batteries die to the point of needing a jump. Yes the alarm will go off from time to time, but idling for 5 minutes and the alarm won't kick back on for about 7 or 8 hours.
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#34
02-24-2009, 11:11 AM
If your batteries are down to 10.1 volts after shutting down for 4 hours, you've got a dead battery. I shut mine down for 10-12 hours every day, run a 1,500 watt inverter (laptop, printer, usb hub, etc) on it and a 12v cooler. It always has the juice to restart the engine, even when it's 20f outside.
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#35
02-25-2009, 03:40 AM
Ohh yeah, I was going to mention, the truck I am in has a 5000w inverter factory installed, with 10 total 120v receptacles scattered about the sleeper (looks just like the outlets in a house, even uses standard outlet face plates). Not to mention a factory installed fridge. This truck has YET to have the batteries die to the point of needing a jump. Yes the alarm will go off from time to time, but idling for 5 minutes and the alarm won't kick back on for about 7 or 8 hours.
Annnnnnnnd yet you fail to tell us what kind of truck you're driving.  
#36
02-25-2009, 02:15 PM
If your batteries are down to 10.1 volts after shutting down for 4 hours, you've got a dead battery. I shut mine down for 10-12 hours every day, run a 1,500 watt inverter (laptop, printer, usb hub, etc) on it and a 12v cooler. It always has the juice to restart the engine, even when it's 20f outside.
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#37
02-25-2009, 11:33 PM
Kevin0915, I saw a swift truck that looked just like the one in your avatar today going south bound on 81 in VA this afternoon, was that you?
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#38
02-26-2009, 12:06 AM
Nope. that truck is my mentor's truck. He is Wal-Mart DC out of Harrisonville, MO, and will never leave the midwest. I am driving a 2009 Volvo 760, and am in the middle of a run from phoenix to Joliet, il. |
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