911 Ambulance wont start after Programming

[Dave]

Yeah that sucker is heavy thats for sure.

[Bellflower]

After hours of searching for the problem, ended up being the factory add on box for High Idle, unpluged it and programmed fine, we got an ambulance that smokes and gets better milage now. Our tax dollars at work!!!!!

[elibenson]

I have 6 7.3l ambulances and I run superchips 1705's in them all. I know of another company (the largest in the nation) that runs them in their trucks as well. I wouldn't worry too much about doing it. Just don't over do it. I run mine in "Tow Safe" mode. Any more than that, and you have to worry about the medics wrecking your equipment. They can be a bit hard on transmissions and rear-ends. It makes all the difference on the heavy box units though.
Eli Benson

[elibenson]

One thing about programmers is that they like to have lots of good battery power while they are working. That is, not being powered by a battery charger. Battery chargers produce a really messy DC power, and electronics don't like it much at all. You'll want to make sure the batteries on your truck are fully charged before you try to program your truck. Or the other thing is that your batteries could be kind of flaky. Ambulance batteries have a very short lifespan. I pretty much go through a set per truck about every 8-10 months. Another thing that should be noted is that nearly every time you replace batteries, you will be replacing alternator(s) too. I always hope that I might be able to just do batteries, and warranty them at Orielly's. Then three weeks later, I end up doing batteries (again) and then the alternators that I should have done the first time. It's the nature of the beast.

Good Luck!
Eli Benson