Question 33 Wednesday, June 29th, 2005 @ 12:00 am

Q.		Often I am asked about some form of grant for the purchase of a APU. My company sells the Gen-Pac system. I would like to help them out by being able to send them to the right place for one of these grants. Is this something that every state offers? Do you have to be […]

A.		I am only aware of three states that currently offer grants for APU’s, they are Oregan, California and Pennsylvania. These grants are limited and come as a first come first serve basis until the funding runs out. Visit this link for more indepth information re. state funds. It covers California, Oregan and Pennsylvania iniatives. Look under “State funding” http://www.epa.gov/smartway/idle-fund.htm

Question 31 Friday, June 24th, 2005 @ 12:00 am

Q.		Please, what are the idling laws and fines within each state.

A.		Kim, please check out this link. Within this page which is a government website you’ll see a pdf file of all states and all regulations within each state and associated penalties.

Question 30 Friday, June 17th, 2005 @ 12:00 am

Q.		I’m just beginning a project to do outreach to fleet owners in MA and CT to educate them on EPA’s current enforcement of MA and CT’s anti-idling laws, with an eye to helping them comply ahead of enforcement. Can you recommend any forward-looking fleet owners or associations to partner with?

A.		These web addresses of associations should get you started. OOIDA- Owner Operators Independent Drivers Association, http://www.landlinemag.com/ Smartway, a great outreach government run program, try both these links: http://www.epa.gov/smartway/ http://www.epa.gov/smartway/idlingtechnologies.htm Also, the Clean Cities Coalition could be helpful, I’m sure you have one specific to your state/s, you can get great info here: http://www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/ Here is a list of contacts http://www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/coordinators.html Finally, in Canada there is a great resource, similar to Smartway but further along, please research the following: http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/transportation/fleetsmart.cfm Hope this helps. John

Question 29 Thursday, June 16th, 2005 @ 12:00 am

Q.		A few years back, you could get an idle shut down system that would shut the engine down after a preset cool down period. That was all the system did. Some had a timer that the driver could adjust, and some were preset. Does someone still make this type of add on system? We don’t […]

A.		This is going back a few years, but i’ll do my best to answer you question as I understand it. I believe the product you are talking about is called an Ambient Temperature Sensor, these temperature probes were programmed to shut off an idling truck automatically within a couple of minutes unless the ambient temperature exceeded or was below the set parameters. These probes were available directly from the engine manufacturer. I do not know if they still produce them but if they do here’s a start. Caterpillar’s Kit was P/N 1330660, Sensor 1060735 Cummins Kit was P/N 3407500, Sensor 3865312 Detorit’s Kit was P/N 23518521, Manifold sensor 23515250 If that is not what you’re looking for the only other thing I can think of is the Detroit Diesel’s Optimized Idle package which you can buy from them when you get their engine. This is pretty much a stop/start package that meausres the interior temperature of the cab and will turn on the engine when it senses that the temperature has fallen below a specific point. Rick, I hope this helps.

Question 28 Friday, June 10th, 2005 @ 12:00 am

Q.		On this anti-idling thing, has anyone ever explored solar power for the A/C units? Use those small units from horse trailers and campers mounted on the roof… Seems like a given to me…

A.		Truth be told Virgil, I haven’t seen any solar powered units in our market place. I did do a web search but turned up nothing related to solar powered anti-ilding devices. One thing that needs to be considered however is that most idling is done at night so whatever device that could be implemented would have to have some sort of reserve capacity within it generating this solar power through the day.