Equipment monitoring system

A method of monitoring equipment on sewer cleaning trucks or vacuum combination trucks, comprising the steps of:

• providing an electronic control device having a software program;
• providing a CAN BUS which communicates with said electronic control device;
• and
• connecting at least one vacuum sensor to said CAN BUS, operating limits of equipment are entered into said software program for each one of said at least of vacuum sensor, said software program monitors the outputs from said at least one vacuum sensor to ensure the output of said at least one vacuum sensor is within said operating limits, said operating limits for said at least one vacuum sensor are user entered according to a specific type of equipment and a particular brand of equipment to detect any leaks in a vacuum system on the sewer cleaning trucks or vacuum combination trucks during operation of the equipment by dead-heading said vacuum system to see if there is any leak, wherein if any of said at least one vacuum sensor provides an output which is not within said operating limits, said software program provides an alarm in the form of at least one of audio, light and vibration alert.

A method of monitoring equipment on sewer cleaning trucks or vacuum combination trucks, comprising the steps of:

• providing an electronic control device having a software program;
• providing a CAN BUS which communicates with said electronic control device;
• and
• connecting at least one exhaust air temperature sensor to said CAN BUS, operating limits of equipment are entered into said software program for each one of said at least of exhaust air temperature sensor, said software program monitors the outputs from said at least one exhaust air temperature sensor to ensure the output of said at least one exhaust air temperature sensor is within said operating limits, said operating limits for said at least one exhaust air temperature sensor are user entered according to a specific type of equipment and a particular brand of equipment to measure an increase in temperature of a vacuum pump on the sewer cleaning trucks or vacuum combination trucks during operation of the equipment, wherein if any of said at least one vacuum sensor provides an output which is not within said operating limits, said software program provides an alarm in the form of at least one of audio, light and vibration alert.