Method of Modifying a Heavy Duty Truck Air Conditioning System

摘要

A heavy duty truck includes an air conditioning loop having a compressor, a condenser mounted within an engine bay of the truck, an evaporator, and a cooling fan belt-driven by an engine of the truck mounted within the engine bay adjacent a radiator of the truck. A method of modifying the air conditioning loop includes removing the condenser from the engine bay, removing the belt-driven cooling fan from the engine bay, installing a remote condenser on the truck at a location that is external from the engine bay, the remote condenser in fluid communication with the primary air conditioning loop of the truck, installing an electric cooling assembly in the engine bay adjacent to the radiator of the truck, the electric cooling assembly comprising one or more electrically powered cooling fans and a surrounding shroud, and installing a control unit in electrical communication with the one or more cooling fans.