fj12ryder wrote:
cummins2014 wrote:
I did just that ,wired in a 12 volt switch for my repeater, right next to it in my battery compartment of my fifth wheel. Plenty of 12 volt sources there to hook to. I want to turn it off when not in use. My fifth wheel is plugged in 24/7 beside my house .
As said before TST seems to be the brand to get. I have been happy with mine ,not sure what else you could ask for on a system. Mine supports more tires then I would ever have. Simple to program, easy installation etc. I noticed one not happy with their website, not sure what more there is to know about TST, but I have never been on their website, so not sure what one needs to know that they don't provide .
In a nutshell, the TST 507 monitors as many tires as you could possibly want, it has low pressure warning, high pressure warning, and high temperature warning . I don't know what else there is to want on a TMPS.
The only issue I have with the TST system is the very long delay between when the monitor loses contact with a sensor, and when it notifies you that it has lost contact. It takes an hour for the monitor to alarm for signal loss from a sensor. Way too long IMO. Plus if the monitor regains contact, you'd never know that it was running without updating because it will keep showing the last known reading. Conceivably you could lose contact with a sensor for 50 minutes, then regain contact, then lose contact for another 50 minutes. You would, in reality, only be connected to the sensor for maybe 10 minutes in 2 hours.
I've never understood why they don't change the notification time to less than what it is.
Have you verified that it works that way while in motion? I've wondered that about my TireMinder as posted above. I know that once the trailer stops moving, the sensors stop sending normal periodic updates and as indicated can sometimes go for hours (maybe longer) without indicating a loss of signal. I kind of assumed that if it was getting regular periodic updates, and updates from the other sensors that it would alarm loss of signal much sooner, hopefully within the 4 minute "normal" update period, but I haven't actually tested that and haven't seen anything that tells me how its supposed to work... I can't recall what I was seeing before I put the repeater in other than it "indicated" it was working about 80% of the time and alarmed loss of signal around 20% of the time.
