I am passing this along from a department close to me that has been using the Idleright Idle Reduction System for about a year now. Our local CBS affiliate did a story about them and their use of the system which prompted me to post the information as I feel it is pretty compelling. I will post the link to the story as soon as I get it. If you are not sure how it works, it is pretty basic. Leave the lights on, turn the car off. Idleright will take control and automatically Idle the vehicle only when absolutely neccessary to keep the battery charged. As the lights draw on the battery reaching down to 11.75 volts or so, Idleright starts the car and Idles it about 20 minutes or so then shuts it back down. The whole process starts all over.
Anyway, the South Windsor, CT Police Department recently decided to use a 2 week long work detail to do their own un-scientific testing of the Idleright. This detail required the use of two cruisers for 8 hours per day. Both cars used in the test were similar CVPI's with similar equipment. For the record the cars are euipped with Whelen Liberty Lightbars, deck lights and 4 hide-a-way strobes. At the beginning of the first test day, they topped off both vehicles with fuel. They then drove to the work detail where they sat for the next 8 hours, providing warning lights. One car idled continuously, while the other operated on the Idleright System. At the end of 8 hours, both cars were returned to the station and again, topped off with fuel. The car the sat and Idled the entire 8 hours, used 7.3 gallons of gasoline. The Idleright equipped CVPI used 0.6 gallons of fuel. That is a 6.7 gallon fuel saving in one day. They conducted another days worth of testing, with similar results... Idling 8 hours this time used 6.4 gallons, and using Idleright only .7 gallons. Again, significant savings. And this is just fuel. Not mentioning wear and tear savings.
See link here to learn more.
http://www.havis.com/idleright.htm
If you have vehicles that do work details and need to be parked with lights on for extended amounts of time, this is a tool that you should be using!
Anyway, the South Windsor, CT Police Department recently decided to use a 2 week long work detail to do their own un-scientific testing of the Idleright. This detail required the use of two cruisers for 8 hours per day. Both cars used in the test were similar CVPI's with similar equipment. For the record the cars are euipped with Whelen Liberty Lightbars, deck lights and 4 hide-a-way strobes. At the beginning of the first test day, they topped off both vehicles with fuel. They then drove to the work detail where they sat for the next 8 hours, providing warning lights. One car idled continuously, while the other operated on the Idleright System. At the end of 8 hours, both cars were returned to the station and again, topped off with fuel. The car the sat and Idled the entire 8 hours, used 7.3 gallons of gasoline. The Idleright equipped CVPI used 0.6 gallons of fuel. That is a 6.7 gallon fuel saving in one day. They conducted another days worth of testing, with similar results... Idling 8 hours this time used 6.4 gallons, and using Idleright only .7 gallons. Again, significant savings. And this is just fuel. Not mentioning wear and tear savings.
See link here to learn more.
http://www.havis.com/idleright.htm
If you have vehicles that do work details and need to be parked with lights on for extended amounts of time, this is a tool that you should be using!
