Tire Pressure Monitoring System
Looking into buying an aftermarket Tire Pressure Monitoring System for our motorhome. There are many different brands. I have no clue which one to buy. Is any one brand better than the other? I need i...
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RCMAN46 wrote:
I have a TST 507 system.
I have found the temperature function of no use. When towing my 5 th wheel I get the same temperature within about 10 degrees on all tires. Also the temperatures are always about 10 degrees above ambient.
This is not a surprise to me as the temperature device is in the sensor flying around in the wind at 50-65 mph. Thus I would expect the temperature reported would be closer to ambient than internal temperature of the tire.
I'm in the middle of my first trip with the TST 507 and it's working well. I did end up adding the repeater, as I was getting intermittent readings from my rear inner duals.
I am getting proper temps from each tire. I think the difference is that I went with the internal wheel sensors, not the external valve stems.
