Dometic Battery-Powered Auxiliary Air Conditioning System manual

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    Dometic En vir onmental Corporation P .O . Box 15299 Richmond, V A 23227 Phone: 804 -746-1313 Fax: 804 -746-7248 Email: sales@DometicT ruck.com W ebsite: www .DometicT ruck.com carb-compliant 03-10-08 L2523[...]

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    I In this booklet, we’ll explain all aspects of battery-power ed auxiliar y air conditioning solutions from Dometic Envir onmental Corporation. These rugged systems are thor oughly engineer ed and field tested to pr ovide years of tr ouble-fr ee performance. They’ re designed for easy installation without special tools. The batter y-based Domet[...]

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    Batteries. T raditionally , truck batteries are designed to pro vide sufficient pow er to star t the truck’ s engine and to pow er lights, blower motors, electrical sensing circuits and other “hotel” loads lik e a r efrigerator or a television set. It tak es much more sustained po wer to run an air conditioning unit f or ten hours (and confor[...]

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    AIR COND ITIONI NG CHOICES There ar e two basic types of auxiliary air systems: • Self-contained “package” units • Split systems The self-contained unit is designed to be wholly mounted inside the truck, usually under a berth or seat or inside a side storage lock er . All of the air conditioning components, including the compressor , conden[...]

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    Split Systems Model Cool Capacity (BTU) Heat Capacity Control Height (in.) Width (in.) Length (in.) W eight (lb.) Cool Amps Heat Amps Refrigerant Internal Unit - Evaporator/Heater/Compressor ECEQ7 7,000 Cooling only Smart digital 11.75 10.25 19.25 53 7.3 n/a R417a EHCEQ7 7,000 1 KW Smart digital 11.75 10.25 19.25 53 7.3 8.2 R417a ECEQ10 10,000 Cool[...]

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    About Insulation. Befor e we go an y further , let’ s talk briefly about insulation. Most truck sleepers toda y are insulated with a value of appr oximately R 1 to R 1.25. Compare this to the insulation of R 30 that is r equired in most ne w housing con- struction. Even the “cold-weather packages” offer ed with some new trucks onl y ha ve ins[...]

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    Al ternator/Regulator Most trucks ha ve a standar d 135-amp alternator with internal regulator , which is adequate for k eeping the batteries charged under normal conditions. This is not sufficient, how ev er , for the hea vier charging requir ements for a bat- ter y-pow ered air conditioning system. Dometic specifies a high- output alternator with[...]

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    Dometic Envir onmental Corporation www .DometicT ruck.com American T r anspor tation Research Institute www .atri-online .org A T A Green T ruck Intitiativ e www .greentruck.com A T A T echnology and Maintenance Council (TMC) www .truckline .com/issues/go vernmentpolicy/envir onment California Air Resources Board www .arb .ca.gov Canadian Office of[...]