Michelin LT failure
Well, I never expected to be writing this but I had a blowout on my second set of Michelin 16” LT load range E tires. They were only a year old. We were on our way back to Houston Tx a week ago fr...
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Looks like time for some updates.
First I feel like a dummy. Of course I don't want to put sensors inside an all steel tire. The Faraday cage will attenuate the radio frequency from escaping the tire! Duh. (Thanks Chris, I should have snapped to that one.)
How much weight I'm carrying on the axles:
About my comment about the valve stem mounted sensors providing temperature data:
Kevin
First I feel like a dummy. Of course I don't want to put sensors inside an all steel tire. The Faraday cage will attenuate the radio frequency from escaping the tire! Duh. (Thanks Chris, I should have snapped to that one.)
How much weight I'm carrying on the axles:
He did not mention the weight being carried.From my first post in this thread:
SeniorGNC wrote:
Last time I scaled I was about 8600 lbs total on the two 5200 lb trailer axles.
About my comment about the valve stem mounted sensors providing temperature data:
I don't think the sensors are "cooling in the wind".My rationale for this was that the valve stem and sensor are outside the tire, and I would think that a temperature gradient would set up in the valve stem and sensor in the flow field. Of course, if I go all steel tires I need sensors outside the tire - so it is now a mute point.
Kevin
