All-electric APU

Jan 17, 2012

The Idle Free APU meets heat and air conditioning needs and requires no idling. It runs on alternating current and doesn’t use the truck’s batteries for power. It pulls energy from the engine’s alternator and stores it in an independent AGM battery bank.

IDLE FREE SYSTEMS, idlefreesystems.com

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