Grocery retail chain installs eco-friendly, electric-standby connection system for refrigerated semi-trailers
SafeConnect Systems' Electric Standby Connection System is designed specifically for use with eTRUs on both refrigerated trucks and trailers.
In 2011, a grocery retail chain approached SafeConnect Systems, South Portland, Maine, seeking a safe electrical solution to power its new hybrid electric transport refrigeration units (eTRUs) to use with its fleet of refrigerated semi-trailers.
Initially, the grocery retailer wired its facility with traditional 4-pin high-voltage connection equipment to run the eTRUs on electric standby power. However, during a final review of the project, the company’s environmental, health and safety (EHS) staff recognized potential safety vulnerabilities with the design of the legacy equipment selected to connect the reefers (refrigerated trucks) to the electric grid. The company needed a system that would eliminate the potential for human error in making volumes of high-voltage connections and disconnections by many different operators with varying skill levels. The grocery retailer needed a safer system.
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