Portable Air Conditioners

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  1. Deaftrucker09

    Deaftrucker09 Bobtail Member

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    I’m currently OTR now with a broken AC. Messaged the company for a repair, they tell me I’ll have to wait til I get back to terminal, which is gonna be a long time. I was wondering if you guys knew of any good portable Air conditioners that actually work?
     
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  3. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    If you have a APU with big enough inverter (2000 watts) you can put a window mount home air conditioner in your passenger side window and stay cool that way. The "portable" AC units like this https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hisense-Hisense-150-SF-Portable-AC/5005373569 are generally either twice as expensive, half as effective, or both compared to the window air conditioners like this https://www.lowes.com/pd/GE-250-Sq-Window-Air-Conditioner-115-Volt-6000-BTU/5005533537
     
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  4. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    Avoid the cheaper "swamp coolers" or evaporative coolers unless you stay in the dry/desert 25% of the country. They are wholly ineffective in areas of the US with more than 50% humidity.
     
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  5. Deaftrucker09

    Deaftrucker09 Bobtail Member

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    no Apu in here. I’m a western express driver ‍♂️. Been in 5 weeks.
     
  6. Deaftrucker09

    Deaftrucker09 Bobtail Member

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    Got a buddy giving me an inverter as soon as I get home this weekend. Hoping I can find someone to install it. Figured I’d see what I can buy to plug in and keep cool instead of waiting on WE to fix the AC
     
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    Deaftrucker09 Bobtail Member

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  8. zinita17601

    zinita17601 Road Train Member

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    Try to find the problem with the ac and fix it yourself.go buy some gauges ($50 at harbor freight)and go from there,be more than a steering wheel holder and please dont tell the company wont allow it,they wont even know.
     
  9. JoeyJunk

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    I’d be heading directly to a terminal after unloading, or quitting. Or was Western Express your second chance company and you can’t quit?
     
  10. Jaguar115

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    WTF?! Driving blind on the right side. That can't be legal.

    I'd more apt to buy/build one of those ice swamp coolers and roll with that.
     
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