TST Repeater for TPMS
Ok, I just installed a TST repeater at the back of my 39' 5th wheel trailer. I notice on the front of the repeater there appears to be some type of button or light. I'm not sure which it is. If it's a...
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fj12ryder wrote:Charlie D. wrote:Actually with the TST system, you could have a tire failure and not know it for much longer than 5 minutes. If the monitor doesn't receive a signal from a tire, it could be an hour or more before it alerts you of the problem. During that time you could have a flat tire on that wheel and not be aware of it.RCMAN46 wrote:
If it blinks once when you get a signal from a wheel sensor that will occur about every 5 minutes. The wheel sensors send signals about every 5 minutes.
Can you help explain this a little better? I don't understand. If the sensor sends a signal every 5 minutes it seems to me that it is possible that you could have a tire failure for 5 minutes before knowing it?
Wrong. Have the monitor reading the sensor, then remove a sensor and see how quick it alarms. My test showed 3-7 seconds.
Would be useless if it worked the way you described.
