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Advanced Fire Suppression and Serviceability

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A Look at Specialized Heavy equipment for Waste handling-loaders, excavators, & garbage trucks

What happens here

Chris highlights additional features of the L120H Wheel Loader, including 16 fire suppression nozzles in the engine compartment and on the fuse panel, using a wet chemical system to prevent corrosion unlike dry chemical systems. He also shows a unique strut that holds up the engine compartment for easier upper-level service access, making maintenance more efficient. The video emphasizes Volvo's focus on serviceability and operator comfort.

Goal: Showcase enhanced safety and maintenance features

Tools and materials

  • 16 Fire Suppression Nozzles Volvo — Delivering fire retardant to the engine and fuse panel
  • Engine Compartment Strut Volvo — Supporting the engine cover for easier maintenance access
  • Volvo L120H Wheel Loader Volvo — The main piece of equipment being demonstrated

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yep underneath the machine the whole underside of the front and rear frame totally guarded with belly pants now do you fire 16 nozzles inside the engine compartment and also on the fuse panel 16 16 different Mouse's around the agency so here what chemical - if you've never had a fire extinguisher and you sprayed your machine with a dry system or a dry like a LAN what happens is if you don't get that cleaned out really well it'll start attacking your electrical system basically the wet Ken it's real easy to wash off after you're done and you don't have that residue in there just working its way into your wires deteriorating exactly it's very it's kind of corrosive it's important to know that standard on all RL 60 all the way up to anything in the cab that's unique to the waste management industry as far as in the cab I would say the main thing is that the power tree cleaner for your for the cab filtration is really really important you said power it's powered so there's actually a motor in there that actually turns to really really pressurize and pull air okay so it's just not depending on the fan motor right what that basically means you guys is that it'll start spinning right that's terrific all out before it even gets into centrifugal air cleaner oh now what am I looking at right here it looks like in 1960's atomic bomb so that's our engine after-treatment system oh that's yeah that's that's where our def goes in we also have our diesel particulate filter there as well we run really cool thing about it is if you see there's a little strut here right there when you when you

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