Tire Pressure Vs. Ambient
I recently found that adjusting our tires to the cold inflation temperature base on the local ambient may not be the correct way to do this. Based on this info, the ambient temp for setting tire pres...
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In Holland Europe where I live, there is a foundation "band op spanning" who fills right pressure to car tires .
They also adyust recalculate the pressure for ambiënt temp then 18degrC/65degr F.
And that also means for lower ambiënt temp , lower pressure then adviced by car-maker.
What the article writes, is that for higher temp its always save to highen up the pressure as given in list, but tire- and car- makers do not prescribe lower pressure for lower temp.
Here also the discrepance between regulations and rules, and laws of nature.
To law of nature this idea given is logical.
And if you measure at 32 degrees a lower ( cold) pressure that belongs to the pressure in the list of article , you probably wont fill up. And nature proofes that your tires wont damage.
At colder ambiënt temp the deflection of tire is more so more heatproduction, but also the cooling down is more because of the larger temp difference between inside and outside tire.
I am busy now figuring this out , if that more cooling down is then in line with the more heatproduction.
Will use that list for it so I dont have to calculate it myself.
They also adyust recalculate the pressure for ambiënt temp then 18degrC/65degr F.
And that also means for lower ambiënt temp , lower pressure then adviced by car-maker.
What the article writes, is that for higher temp its always save to highen up the pressure as given in list, but tire- and car- makers do not prescribe lower pressure for lower temp.
Here also the discrepance between regulations and rules, and laws of nature.
To law of nature this idea given is logical.
And if you measure at 32 degrees a lower ( cold) pressure that belongs to the pressure in the list of article , you probably wont fill up. And nature proofes that your tires wont damage.
At colder ambiënt temp the deflection of tire is more so more heatproduction, but also the cooling down is more because of the larger temp difference between inside and outside tire.
I am busy now figuring this out , if that more cooling down is then in line with the more heatproduction.
Will use that list for it so I dont have to calculate it myself.
