TPMS system
I've got a new Jayco FW with 16" wheels and Goodyear tires. I know I shouldn't be too concerned since it's new, but tire failures can happen any time. I'm thinking of installing an aftermarket TPMS. M...
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loggenrock wrote:Be aware that the TST does take an hour to alert you of a lost sensor. What you do when you take off the sensor is the sensor now sees a tire with no air pressure, and sounds an alarm. If you want to check out the time frame, take the monitor, leave it turned on and move away from the trailer. Like drive into town with the trailer at the campsite. It will take about an hour before the monitor alerts that you've lost contact with one or more sensors.
Another TST user here. TST system can handle up to 22 tires, so you're still OK! If the repeater is now included, that is something very new. I'm about 40' from furthest tire to monitor, and have no need for repeater. I find the monitor very quick to respond to loss of signal, not an hour as mentioned. Just remove any tire transmitter and the dash monitor alerts immediately. The goal of a TPMS is not to alert in the event of catastrophic failure, but to alert you of a condition that might LEAD to such a failure. Blowouts are a result of low tire pressure, resulting in heat build-up. A TPMS will alert you to dropping tire pressures, usually caused by slow leak/nail in tire, etc., BEFORE it reaches a critical state. This can happen at any point, new tire or old, not just due to age, etc.
TST will admit to this time frame, and say it isn't an issue. I disagree, being without protection for an hour is too long. Plus if the monitor reconnects with the sensor before the hour is up, you'll never know that it lost connection at all. It's an overall good system with that one glaring fault.
