Hummmm??? I had a 2015 volvo for a couple years. I had a main electrical cutoff switch however, it was behind the skirting under the drivers door and I can’t see why a wash would open that up.
Not to mention how any reputable road service could not find such a problem.
I have a feeling there is a whole lot more to that story….
Electric APUs have started gaining acceptance. These electric APUs use battery packs instead of the diesel engine on traditional APUs as a source of power. The APU's battery pack is charged when the truck is in motion. When the truck is idle, the stored energy in the battery pack is then used to power an air conditioner, heater, and other devices
LOL too funny how stuff can just "happen" All the FL's I drove, the cutoff switch was mounted right by the drivers seat base in the floor over the battery box @ the door. REAL hard to miss it....
Hummmm??? I had a 2015 volvo for a couple years. I had a main electrical cutoff switch however, it was behind the skirting under the drivers door and I can’t see why a wash would open that up.
Not to mention how any reputable road service could not find such a problem.
I have a feeling there is a whole lot more to that story….
I wish I had taken a picture at the time. The switch is on the outside just below the drivers door. It was quite big and shaped like a detonator handle. It was easy to see how a brush could have hit it and made it turn. Probably not Volvo’s best design idea. Also, I thought at the time that anyone walking by the truck could just turn the handle.
Or, maybe the driver just wanted a four hour break! Lol
Electric APUs have started gaining acceptance. These electric APUs use battery packs instead of the diesel engine on traditional APUs as a source of power. The APU's battery pack is charged when the truck is in motion. When the truck is idle, the stored energy in the battery pack is then used to power an air conditioner, heater, and other devices
My dad always says when your truck suddenly loses all power check the disconnect first. He has taken many a phone call from drivers and flipping the switch back "on" fixes it a lot of the time.
Not to mention how any reputable road service could not find such a problem.
I agree, it should really be the first thing checked as it is the simplest fix.
Electric APUs have started gaining acceptance. These electric APUs use battery packs instead of the diesel engine on traditional APUs as a source of power. The APU's battery pack is charged when the truck is in motion. When the truck is idle, the stored energy in the battery pack is then used to power an air conditioner, heater, and other devices
Reminds me of my 2 + years servicing Nissan forklifts in the field. I'd get sent out on emergency calls for a "no start" Problem was, when the operators would change out propane tanks for a full 1. The rubber seal inside the tbks valve, would stick, and come out on the hose. Double o-ring= no fuel delivery...LOL
I would tell their boss or them the problem they had, to save em money on me having to go out on those silly calls....But hey, I can't fix stoopid, if they won't listen. So gimme those 2 minute fixes, for my labor / travel time....Sometimes I think the guys did it on purpose to get an extended break?
Most of the customers had maintenance contracts(smart), so the company paid me for my time, not them.
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I was talking to another driver yesterday who was in a Volvo. I commented on how clean his truck was. He said he had just spent 4 hours in a truck wash bay. When they were washing his truck, one of the workers accidentally hit the handle of his externally mounted cut off switch and turned it to the off position. So when he went to start the truck to exit the bay, nothing happened. He sat there in the bay while they called two road service technicians to get him out of there. All this time the truck wash had to turn away customers. The second technician finally found the problem, turned the handle to the “on” position and away he went! All this made the driver late to his delivery, so he was not in a very good mood. I guess the truck wash had to pay the road service guys because it was accidentally their fault.