Vehicle, summer and winter
A cube van (12 sensors) to a 53 ft trailer (16), mapped once in each season
$1,400 to $1,850for both seasons
BookTemperature mapping for refrigerated transport
Reefer and truck temperature mapping, in summer and in winter
We ship calibrated wireless sensors to your yard, your team places them with us on a video call, and your driver runs the normal routes. The readings reach us live, and each signed report comes 2 business days after its run.
- No site visit
- Real routes, real stops
- Summer and winter
- Report in 2 business days
From $1,400for both seasons
12 to 16sensors, front wall to the doors
2 business daysto each signed report
How it works
From your trailer to a signed report, live
Calibrated sensorsCertificates in the report
Own cellular linkNothing joins your network. No IT headache.
Signed by a certified engineerA Renergy engineer with career expertise in cold chain logistics
Packages
Every price, posted. Pick your unit.
US dollars, before tax, for a remote study. Shipping at the carrier's rate, no markup. On-site service and -80°C (-112°F) freezers are quoted separately.
Keep some of the sensors after the study, and you have continuous monitoring for $250 a sensor a year.
See TemperatureWiseOrdering
Four steps, no site visit
Pick a package
By unit size, with a date.
Approve the protocol
On a call, before we ship.
Place sensors on video
We check each spot with you.
Get the signed report
2 business days after the study.
Need more hands-on help? We also offer assisted installation, up to full white-glove service, quoted separately.
Talk with usThe report
The report fills in while the study runs
The details
How a vehicle study runs
Sensors where the load is most exposed
The cargo space is mapped as a box: sensors at the front wall by the unit's discharge, along the middle, and at the rear by the doors, at floor level and near the ceiling, with one outside the vehicle as a reference. A cube van takes 12, a 53 ft trailer 16. The rear corners and the top of the load are where a box most often runs warm.
Real routes, with real stops
A parked truck tells you little. WHO guidance qualifies a refrigerated vehicle on the routes it actually drives, with the door openings at each stop, because every stop lets warm air in at the rear. The map shows how far the load moves at a stop and how long the unit takes to pull it back.
Summer and winter, because the unit works differently in each
In summer the unit fights heat through the roof and walls. In winter, a load held at 2°C to 8°C (36°F to 46°F) can freeze, and many units have to heat to stop it. One study in each season covers both, 2 days each, and the price covers both.
We ship the kit to your yard
We ship numbered, calibrated sensors with a placement map for your box. Your team places them while we check each spot on a video call, and the driver then runs the normal routes. A second kit ships before the other season.
A reefer parked as storage is mapped like a cold room
A trailer parked at the dock as extra cold storage is a room, not a route. It is mapped the way a cold room is mapped, over 3 days, with a door-open test.
The map sets your loading rules
The report shows where the probe that travels with every load should sit, how far product should stay from the doors and the front wall, and how long the unit needs to pre-cool. Those become your loading rules, with the map as the evidence behind them.
Who asks
Who asks for the map
United States, food
The FDA's sanitary transportation rule has the shipper set the operating temperature in writing, including pre-cooling, and lets the shipper or receiver ask the carrier to show it held it. A map shows the box can hold it from the front wall to the doors.
21 CFR 1.908Drug carriers
WHO guidance qualifies refrigerated vehicles on their real routes, in both seasons.
WHO Supplement 11Canada
Health Canada's GUI-0069 asks drug licence holders to map their temperature-controlled vehicles (section 5.2).
GUI-0069Common questions
How do you temperature map a reefer trailer?
Sensors go from the front wall to the doors and from the floor to the ceiling, 16 in a 53 ft trailer, with one outside as a reference. The trailer then runs its normal routes, with its normal stops, for 2 days in summer and 2 days in winter.
Does a refrigerated vehicle need mapping in summer and winter?
Yes, where the seasons change how the unit works, and across most of the US and Canada they do. In summer the unit fights heat. In winter it can have to heat to keep a 2°C to 8°C (36°F to 46°F) load from freezing. WHO guidance qualifies vehicles in both seasons.
Is refrigerated vehicle temperature mapping required?
In the US, the FDA's sanitary transportation rule has the shipper specify the operating temperature, including pre-cooling, and lets the shipper or receiver ask the carrier to show it held it (21 CFR 1.908). The rule does not name mapping, but a map shows the box can hold that temperature end to end. In Canada, Health Canada's GUI-0069 asks drug licence holders to map temperature-controlled vehicles (section 5.2).
How many sensors does truck temperature mapping need?
12 in a cube van and 16 in a 53 ft trailer, plus one outside the vehicle as a reference.
How much does reefer temperature mapping cost?
$1,400 to $1,850 for both seasons, depending on the size of the vehicle, in US dollars, before tax and shipping. Each signed report comes 2 business days after its run ends.
How do the readings get to you from the road?
The gateway rides in the cab on its own cellular link, so the readings reach us during the run. There is nothing for your IT team to set up.
Can a reefer parked as storage be mapped?
Yes. A trailer parked at the dock as extra cold storage is mapped like a cold room, over 3 days, with a door-open test.
Can the sensors stay after the study?
Yes. Keep as many as you need and they become continuous monitoring with TemperatureWise, at $250 a sensor a year.
More temperature mapping
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