How To Set Tripac To Charge Batteries

• #2

I've got a 2010 Freightliner Cascadia with a Thermoking Tripac APU and it kicks on shortly after shutting off the engine and doesn't close off on it'southward ain. Does this hateful I've got a bad bombardment? Or is there a setting I'1000 non adjusting correctly? Appreciate whatsoever assist crusade when I'm on Abode Fourth dimension I don't desire to accept to go out to showtime the APU and shut information technology off manually.

Very expert question Cluckster...

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• #3

I've got a 2010 Freightliner Cascadia with a Thermoking Tripac APU and it kicks on presently later shutting off the engine and doesn't shut off on it'south ain. Does this mean I've got a bad battery? Or is there a setting I'one thousand not adjusting correctly? Appreciate any help crusade when I'chiliad on Home Time I don't want to have to go out to start the APU and shut it off manually.

Do you not have switch in-cab that will close it downwards. I had a few Tri-Pacs and they had switches in-cab but. Every one was make new and I had to take information technology to Thermo Male monarch and go the settings prepare.

Thermo Rex asked me a agglomeration of Questions and based on that they set the Parameters to my needs and liking. it but took an hr or two. The had to switch out a few fuses that the factory should never take put in. A re-call kind of thing.

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• #4

I don't know anything about that model only my friends is set to automated temp and his comes on right away. Could besides be bad batteries or your alternator is shot and not charging the batteries.

• #six

One other reason it might start immediately.

Does your truck have an arctic kit installed. Simple style to tell is it plumbed into the engine coolant. If it is, in that location will be two sensors close to the engine. One with white and one with bluish wires.

The white wire sensor is your arctic switch. It tells the apu to run when the coolant gets beneath 35°F and shut off to a higher place 100°F.

If that sensor fails, information technology volition start immediately after coming out of standby manner or being turned on.

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• #7

I've got a 2010 Freightliner Cascadia with a Thermoking Tripac APU and it kicks on shortly after shutting off the engine and doesn't shut off on it'south own. Does this hateful I've got a bad battery? Or is there a setting I'm non adjusting correctly? Appreciate whatever assistance cause when I'm on Home Time I don't want to accept to go out to start the APU and shut information technology off manually.

Good topic!!! I only recently found out about this. I've seen many many many company trucks pull up to the fuel island. They shut their truck off and the Tri-Pak starts upwards immediately and shuts off when they start the truck. This is a setting inside the Tri-Pak and large companies have realized that running the batteries down to 50% so the Tri-Pak starting upwardly does not cut it and shortens the life of the batteries. The Tri-Pak uses the least amount of fuel out of all the APU's on the marketplace. Mainly because they don't have a generator inside.

• #9

When in air conditioning way my try-pac starts upwardly when I shut down to fuel and I just flip the toggle switch and shut it downwards until I finish fueling. The tri-pac engine is right at the passenger fuel tank where you fuel. Doesn't seem safe to me to permit information technology run and so I shut mine off.

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• #10

The Tri-Pak can be password protected then company drivers can't fiddle with the settings and then they don't have a choice. My friend who just had a large bunk installed on his truck also had a Tri-Pak put on. He went to change the settings and it wouldn't let him. He called the visitor and they wanted money to give him the password!!! He got it for costless.

• #xi

When in air conditioning fashion my try-pac starts up when I shut downward to fuel and I just flip the toggle switch and shut it down until I end fueling. The tri-pac engine is correct at the passenger fuel tank where you lot fuel. Doesn't seem safe to me to let information technology run so I shut mine off.

Not all units have that installed

• #12

The new tripacs have a unlike control panel from the old manner. It basically locks out the user. For a visitor commuter, probably not a bad thing. I accept a couple of control settings I change that reset to mill default any time you unhook the battery. Namely I change the compressor delay time to threescore seconds instead of 8 for the fourth dimension earlier the compressor to kicking in. Information technology really allows for the engine to beginning and settle downwards to run proficient without dogging it out. I was shown that fox by a tk tech out in Washington.

If the engine starts presently after shutting the large engine off, I'd cut a wire to the arctic sensor every bit a quick test. My guess is its that long before the batteries.

You'd be having issues with the big alternator and starter every bit well if information technology were the primary batteries.

Terminal edited: Jun 26, 2014

• #thirteen

My "lease" is more of a finance package to satisfy the IRS requirements. His comment..."It'southward your truck. I don't care what yous do with it."

• #14

My "charter" is more of a finance package to satisfy the IRS requirements. His comment..."It'due south your truck. I don't intendance what you do with it."

I was aking questions when I idea about leasing. like can I modify the truck what'due south the balloon payment once the lease is over with. if I tin get banking company financing tin I buy the truck outright from the company is it a charter purchase or but a lease ect ect ect. the best truck to take is one that'southward paid for

• #15

I am very leary about doing whatever mods to the truck. At least until the title is mine.

I had all those aforementioned questions every bit well. Especially the early buy-out and accelerated payments.

• #16

Mine (tripac) when I was driving (earlier got put because no SPE) was kicking on immediately when shut off, was pissing me off. Tested batteries and iii of 4 were no good. I don't know how truck cranked (wouldn't long if needed to or if left cb on it would be dead if had APU off). I put 4 new batteries in and information technology doesn't practice information technology now. It only kicks on when gets beneath artic temp settings or battery level but since I am out of truck and its sitting now the fridge is out of truck so don't even have APU switched on. I could switch on but since information technology's April and in Kansas information technology isn't cold enough to kick on for artic package, nor would I need to since truck isn't moving currently.

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