Dometic Environmental Corp. and Lombardini S.r.l. Italy announced an agreement to integrate Dometic’s auxiliary air conditioning systems with Lombardini’s Ecowind Power 702 auxiliary power unit (APU) for the North American trucking market.
The agreement puts together a leading supplier of auxiliary air conditioning systems and one of Europe’s leaders in diesel engines and generator technology, the company said. The Ecowind Power products are being manufactured in North America by Kennedy Power of Canton, Ga.
The Ecowind Power 702 system uses a Lombardini two-cylinder 13 hp liquid-cooled diesel engine at 2,600 rpm, which produces 7.5 kW 115V 60 Hz power to run the air conditioning and other AC loads in the truck’s sleeper, the company said. It also produces 12V 45-amp battery charging power. The system is independent of the truck’s main engine and can run on shorepower where plug-ins are available.
Dometic is supplying a 14,000 BTU air conditioning system that provides year-round comfort with a built-in 2.5 kW heater, the company said. The Dometic system consists of an externally mounted condensing unit and a compressor/evaporator/blower unit that mounts inside the sleeper. The two units are connected by refrigerant linesets that are precharged at the factory for easy hookup without special tools, the company said. A wall-mounted keypad with digital readout is used to control all system functions.
Dometic said it has more than 45 years of experience in designing, engineering, manufacturing and servicing air conditioning products for trucks, buses, motor coaches, emergency vehicles, ships and boats.
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