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by jeff0520
Sat Sep 20, 2008 6:25 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: trouble with battery power
Replies: 7
Views: 1753

Re: trouble with battery power

There are 2 points of view on the issue of marker lights while parked. One side says it makes the truck more visible so people don't hit it. The other side says it's too easy for an inattentive, sleepy, or drunk driver to try to "follow the truck" in the dark without realizing the truck is stopped a...
by jeff0520
Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:24 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: trouble with battery power
Replies: 7
Views: 1753

Re: trouble with battery power

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, my truck does not have an air starter. It's just like the starter on a car, just supersized. I've never had trouble getting the truck to start. A time or two I have even forgotten a dome light on when I went home for the weekend and it cranks right up. The batteries in ...
by jeff0520
Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:18 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: trouble with battery power
Replies: 7
Views: 1753

Re: trouble with battery power

Thanks for the info. I suppose low voltage makes more sense than anything else. My truck carries a rack of 4 BIG 12 volt batteries though and the only things running at night are my CPAP and my cell phone charger. The only thing that comes to mind is that Internationals have automatic fuel tank heat...
by jeff0520
Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:04 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: trouble with battery power
Replies: 7
Views: 1753

trouble with battery power

Hello everybody, I'm a long haul truck driver. I use a remstar CPAP plugged into a cigarette lighter port. It usually works fine, but every once in a while when plugged into the truck the machine will stop and show "ER-40" on the screen. If it does it once, it will do it over and over all night. If ...