Our fire department just got a new truck, and the chief called me to see if we could install power to each of 4 trucks, parker in bays. The purpose was to provide power for on-board battery chargers.
I sent my assistant, who came back with the following info. On 3 of the 4, it was going to be easy to drop down from the ceiling with 120v cords. But the newest truck needed to have 240v run to it.
I questioned this, so we went to the trucks to check it out. We found out that the newest truck did indeed have a 240v receptacle flange built onto the chassis, from the factory. We did an intensive exam on it, and found that the leads from the receptacle lead directly to the batteries! It was supposed to have a matching battery charger external to the truck.
My thought was this, what would have happened if my assistant (with 40 years experience) had went ahead and put 240v to that flange receptacle?????
Rick Miell
