@m*m^2 idling less than 1 gallon per hour

[Jon Mastin]

(07-04-2017 )smorgan87 Wrote:  

(07-03-2017 )hhow55 Wrote:  

(07-03-2017 )smorgan87 Wrote:  My 871 idles around .5 gallon/hr. Im in the process of modifying a window unit to sit under the bunk so i can have shore power a/c or generator a/c

What a great idea. What size btu are you modifying?

12k btu. I cut the condenser off and am mounting it behind the cab with a 12v cooling fan powered off a 120 >12v transformer. Just gotta find time to get the copper tubing ran and service valves sweated in. Had planned on flare fitting but the od is a hair bigger than 1/4. Bought a champion 3100 electric-remote start to run it and keep the batteries warm. Gonna install that in the nose of the hopper to cut down on noise.

I have the same generator. I absolutely love it. I cut off the terminal ends to the generator and used a 50 amp connector to use the truck batteries instead of using the small 20 amp hour one that came with the generator.