Year: 2014

FLEET EQUIPMENT MAGAZINE DISCUSSES PURKEYS’ SELECT AND DIRECT Fleet Equipment Magazine recognized Purkeys Fleet Electric in a January 2015 article, available online, concerning Purkeys’ decision to consolidate all their TC products…

​ The Purkeys Crew spent a lot of time in 2014 creating videos full of electrical advice and knowledge we wanted to pass on to our trusted clients. While we…

SALES AND SERVICE ENGINEER CHARLEY GIPE GOES OVER THE SIGNS To understand why a battery freezes, fleets must understand how a battery is made. Inside the battery is sulfuric acid…

HOW DEPTH-OF-DISCHARGE AFFECTS LIFESPAN AND CAPABILITY OF BATTERIES In the heavy-duty trucking industry the vehicle’s electrical system is critically important. By keeping batteries at a good state of charge, fleets can…

SALES AND SERVICE ENGINEERS ATTEND THE 2014 NAPT TRADE SHOW Purkeys’ Sales and Service Engineer Sean Miller and Director of Sales and Customer Service Jerel Ellis attended the 2014 National…

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…