Condition Well Your Truck’s Air Conditioning
In hot, humid climates, air conditioners have become more than a modern comfort. Air conditioning is an essential element in getting through hot, sweltering, sticky days and like most modern-day conveniences, air conditioning has its downsides. Air conditioners are everywhere from your office, home, basement and medium weight vehicles to heavily loaded vehicles such as trucks- the vehicle Road Dogs is most passionate about.
With the summer sun shining at its peak, we need to remind ourselves of the perils of faulty air conditioning. For truckers who spend almost all-day trucking in the glaring sun, they can’t drive without an effectively functioning air conditioner.
On these hot scorching summer days, the last thing Road Dogs Mobile Repair wants is for you to feel a heavy blast of warm air hitting your face once you turn on your air conditioning. When the summer sun is glaring at its peak, a malfunctioning air conditioning system will leave you uncomfortably sweating and dehydrated in your seat. It will severely affect the safety and performance of your truck and your productivity.
An air-conditioning system can be compared to the lungs of the human body as it draws in outside air, filters/cleans it, heats, cools or humidifies it, circulates it around the unit and expels a portion of it outside. Road Dogs Mobile Repair provides the proper care and maintenance to keep the truck’s A/C system running glitch-free.
What Fails Air Conditioning Systems?
Road Dogs believe that the most common reason A/C systems fail nowadays is low refrigerant due to leaks. Modern high-torque engines create a rotating or twisting force in the frame, resulting in loose A/C system connections and cracked condensers.
Have you in the recent past had your A/C system checked by a certified technician who looks for oil and dirt accumulating in your A/C filters?
Dirty cabin filters are undoubtedly the most common cause of A/C system malfunction, or worse— failure, and it gets way too much to bear when all you wanted to do was to truck around in a chilled temperature maintained by the A/C system. Road Dogs recommends timely service and maintenance to prevent clogging of the filters with debris and contaminants.
If this service is not done, it is bound to restrict the airflow across the evaporator and this restriction of airflow damages the compressor.
Road Dogs Mobile Repair emphasizes the importance of replacing the filters at least once a year. It becomes all the more necessary for a truck that is being driven in a dusty and humid environment.
We also suggest that truckers and owners of trucking companies refer to the manufacturer’s advisory on filter maintenance intervals.
Pay Attention to These Warning Signs
A once in six-month DIY check or by certified technicians who excel in providing mobile truck repair services will save time and money. Look out for the warning signs as they indicate underlying issues with the internal A/C system. To all truckers, especially the long-haul drivers, contact Road Dogs in the Greater Toronto Area at the earliest when you experience one or more of the following-
- Inefficient airflow from the vents
- Warm air instead of cool
- A noisy and loud compressor
- Less or no water dripping from the drain tube while A/C is running. The amount of water dripping should increase as the humidity increases.
Road Dogs requests that all truckers follow these best maintenance practices to increase the reliability and effectiveness of your truck’s A/C system:
- Timely service and if the condition requires replacing cabin filters, it must be done according to the manufacturer’s recommendations.
- A must-have DIY hack to ensure that the condenser on the front of the cab is clean.
- Along with keeping the compressor clean, it is suggested to keep the compressor belt tight and in good condition.
- Do watch out for any leaks or damage in the air conditioning system.
- Truckers should make sure to perform a DIY or a regular service by a team of professionals of the following components:
- THE COMPRESSOR,
- CONDENSER,
- EVAPORATOR,
- ELECTRICAL CONTROLS
Road Dogs Mobile Repair is available all year round in The Greater Toronto Area. Don’t wait until the hottest day of summer to service your truck’s A/C system that might be needing your immediate attention.
There’s no doubt that any mechanical glitch in your truck’s A/C system is going to make those long-haul trips in scorching heat very taxing. Besides this, there’s one more reason to get that A/C system fixed right away- i.e. to breathe good quality air that is dependent on the operation of your truck’s air-conditioning system. Substandard air-conditioning will lead to poor air quality indoors, which becomes a leading cause of viral illness, respiratory problems and the deadly Legionnaires Disease (or Legionella).
Being on the road for long periods of time, away from the comfort of their home and families for our benefit, is a great sacrifice by truck drivers which needs to be recognized. Road Dogs believes that their sheer determined efforts deserve much appreciation and value by giving them trucks and trailers repaired and maintained exceptionally well by our technicians.
We at Road Dogs Mobile Repair want to be the trusted ally for truckers in the case of a breakdown.
Road Dogs is a name that our customers feel safe and confident about as we provide one-stop solutions for roadside assistance for trailers, trucks: heaters and reefers.
We only wish that your summer trucking trips are comfortable and hassle-free. Our love and support for truckers is ever-growing and we extend our gratitude by ensuring that Road Dogs is just a ‘CLICK AWAY’ when you create a free account through your phone or laptop to gain access to your very own customer portal.
Road Dogs is an emergency breakdown service company serving the GTA area residents and visitors alike with quality service for emergency breakdowns they may face. For Road Dogs, truckers are true heroes.
Make Road Dogs a part of your emergency breakdown and maintenance team!
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