Do they all use engine-mounted compressors, or can you get all-electric units (guessing the smaller ones)?

 

Reason I ask is we had to move a fair bit of temperature controlled stock this week, and it got me thinking how handy it would have been to have another truckman top for my pickup with a fridge unit stuck to the top, that I could just swap over to when I need it.

I actually opened this post just to be sarcastic and answer "they're cool", because I'm in that sort of mood, but as it turns out I've probably got the answer to your question!

 

A mate once bought a Fiat fridge van that was Uno based iirc.  Don't know whether the compressor was electric or diesel but it was completely separate to the engine and mounted above the cab.  I reckon most would be separate - it would be a lot more hassle to create mounts to fit compressors to an engine than just to bolt a self-contained unit on the roof or wherever.  You can probably buy a unit off the shelf and just adapt it to your Truckman top..

On light vans they are electrically driven, on some vans there's a power socket so it can be powered from the mains.

Cheers, thought that was the case, I've only worked on bigger ones that had the fridge compressor where an AC pump would go. I was looking at a setup off a psrinter, but I decided the compressor was too big and my extension lead isn't quite long enough (by about 80 miles).

 

I actually opened this post just to be sarcastic and answer "they're cool", because I'm in that sort of mood, but as it turns out I've probably got the answer to your question!

 

 

Haha! Love it, I'd probably have done the same.