Tire Pressure Monitoring System or not!
Ok, so here's my question, we are talking about the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) for our new MH and one of us feels like its an expense we don't need at this time and the possibility of perh...
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10forty2 wrote:
Go ahead and get one. It's a great piece of equipment. BUT...don't be surprised if for the first several trips after you install it, it makes you nervous as you ride down the road on your relaxing trip as the tire pressures increase and the temperatures increase and you are thinking in the back of your mind that there's something wrong when all the time what you are seeing is normal. I know, because after I had two blowouts in less than 2 months, I bought a TPMS and I spent as much time watching it, as I spent watching the road. And every trip, the temps increased and the pressures increased or I saw that overnight the pressures severely decreased from what it read when I stopped the day before.....well, all that's normal..I just had never really "WATCHED" it before so closely.
Instead of an absolute indicator, use it as a relative indicator. I have found the reported pressures to be about 5lbs less in each tire than what is actually indicated by a gauge. And the temperatures reported may not be the actual temperature, but as a relative indicator, if you notice a rapid increase or decrease of pressures or temperatures while en-route, then you MAY have a problem that COULD lead to a more severe problem...and you then have time to stop and check it out before something more serious really DOES happen.
BUT...a TPMS will never take the place of a good tire pressure gauge and a good set of eyes to visually inspect the tires for problem spots. Add it to your "toolbox" if you wish!!!
Good advice. Even though we have tpms I still do a walk around and check tire temp with a pat from the hand at every stop. I am just checking that they all look good and all feel about the same temp.
