inflating tires on rv with nitrogen, good idea?
I'm interested in hearing comments on using nitrogen in tires on my rv, supposed to run cooler and maintain air pressure better. Any comments would be appreciated. Tom
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azdryheat wrote:
Nitrogen will also maintain a constant pressure regardless of temperature or elevation.
Nitrogen expands and contracts just like any other gas, according to the Ideal Gas Law
PV=nRT
Temperature (T) goes up, pressure (P) or volume (V) must also go up.
tplife wrote:
Rolling with an inert gas means no worries about swelling under heat, as with standard compressed air.
Again, ditto.
As said before, if it makes you feel better, go for it. There is exactly zero benefit from running pure nitrogen.
One of the main reasons it's used is because a compressed nitrogen tank is easy to move around and has no flammable gas in it.
