TPMS Sensors when RV is stored

Thanks for the input everyone. I will be removing them when I winterize.

I mark a small zip bag for each tire placement so no issues when going back on before we leave for the winter. Safer than leaving on a tire for the folks that like to steal. chevman

If I am not traveling, I remove them. Two reasons. ! like to check my pressures with a gauge before heading out so I know they are reading properly at the beginning of a trip, and with no pressure, they go into sleep mode and don't transmit, saving the batteries.

larry barnhart wrote:
I mark a small zip bag for each tire placement so no issues when going back on before we leave for the winter. Safer than leaving on a tire for the folks that like to steal. chevman

Why not use the stickers that came with the sensors?

^^^^^^^^^^That's what we do. I label mine starting from passenger side front and then in the order the system monitors. I've got six to do so it's a pain if I get them mixed up. OTOH I've had to replace a couple of the labels because they faded so badly they were hard to read. It takes all of about 30 seconds/tire to remove the sensors and put the valve caps on.

I change batteries when they quit working. In 5 years I've had to change 2 of them. I may have to break down and buy the repeater, but I haven't had a dropped signal in a long time, in fact not since I moved the monitor up on the dash. That's the only real issue with the TST system: the long lag time between losing a signal and being alerted to that affect. It can take up to an hour to alert. Too long IMO.

larry barnhart wrote:
I mark a small zip bag for each tire placement so no issues when going back on before we leave for the winter. Safer than leaving on a tire for the folks that like to steal. chevman

^^^^^^^^
I do this too.
Calbar

I’m not sure exactly how different brand sensors work, but it seems to me that when a sensor is removed it’s the same as it sensing a tire losing pressure thus generating an alarm. That’s how mine work and I would think that it’s going to continue to transmit an alarm signal as long as it’s disconnected. I would think it would be prudent to remove the battery while not being used.
Please correct me if I’m wrong about this.

Consider yourself corrected. :) A TST sensor transmits only when there is pressure, so if you remove the sensor the battery is no longer being used. From the TST manual: "The sensors conserve power by not transmitting data when there is zero pressure."

With the TST system the alarm is generated when the pressure drops below the selected pressure, not the absence of a signal. The absence of a signal from the sensor will only alarm the monitor after about an hour.