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PURKEYS INVERTERS HAVE SMART FEATURES TO HELP SAVE BATTERIES Challenge Trucking companies want to entice new drivers to work for them by offering inverters in their over the road tractors. However, hotel…

Purkeys Has Consolidated Their Liftgate Charging Systems Down to Two In October, Purkeys consolidated all of their TC products into two liftgate charging systems. By consolidating to the SELECT and…

NTI BREAKS GROUND ON NEW FACILITY TO TRAIN TRUCK TECHNOLOGY TECHNICIANS The Purkeys team attended the groundbreaking for the expansion of the Diesel & Truck Technology (DTT) building at Northwest…

4 TIPS FOR BETTER CHARGING AND TESTING ​ Heavy duty, commercial trucking fleets can experience a variety of issues with batteries on a regular basis. Having technicians properly trained in…

THE TEAM TALKS ABOUT THE 2014 IFDA DISTRIBUTION SOLUTIONS CONFERENCE Purkeys’ Sales and Service Engineers Larry Rambeaux, Charley Gipe and Sean Miller attended the 2014International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA) Distribution…

Our Harnesses Have Recently Been Recommended by Eaton Recently, Eaton recommended Purkeys’ wiring harnesses when installing their new pure sine wave inverter. They said, “To assure the safety and maximum value for…

THE MEDICAL DEVICE POWER SOURCE HELPS DRIVERS WHO NEED CPAP MACHINES A customer asked Purkeys to build a CPAP machine that didn’t draw from the truck batteries. Purkeys responded with…

PURKEYS’ ELECTRICAL AUDIT IS THE FIRST STEP Heavy-duty trucking fleets are always looking for ways to cut costs—Purkeys can help with that. Electrical systems work as a whole, and the…

THE GROWING TECH EVENT HAS BEEN HOSTED BY PURKEYS FOR TEN YEARS Representatives from Purkeys chaired and judged the Technology & Maintenance Council SuperTech National Technician Skills Competition September 22-25…

MASCO MAKES PRESENTATION AT TMC WORKSHOP IN MEDFORD, OR Purkeys’ Western Region Sales and Service Engineer, Rylar Masco, was asked to speak at the Southern Oregon Technology & Maintenance Council…

​Drivers use devices like laptops, microwaves, and other appliances to help them adjust to life on the road. This requires an inverter, which takes DC power from the tractor batteries…

UNDERSTANDING BATTERY SPECIFICATIONS CAN HELP FLEETS FIND THE BEST FIT In the heavy-duty, commercial trucking industry it is important to understand the complete chemistry of a tractor battery. Each battery…