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Continental Improves Road Service Program

TrukFix, Continental Tire the Americas' emergency road service hotline and assistance program, underwent a series of strategic enhancements to provide better customer service, communication and reliability when commercial drivers need assistance

Parasitic Loads and Battery Life

Testing for parasitic loads: A multi-meter is connected to a battery and to the vehicle wiring....

It used to be when you turned the vehicle off, all electrical loads went away. Now that today's trucks use electronics full time, including the extra hotel loads for driver comfort, these electrical loads (parasitic loads) increase the demands on the vehicle electrical system

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