TPMS Repeater --TST 507--Will I need one?
So I bought the 507 for my 32ft 5th wheel. Install went well. With the rig hooked to the truck and the slides out, I get signals from all four tires with the receiver sitting in the middle of my F2...
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jkwilson wrote:If it alarmed it was because it had been out of communication with the sensor for nearly an hour. The TST system simply has a terrible response time. A repeater should keep you from having to worry about it.RCMAN46 wrote:
Yes you definitely need a repeater. The TST does not give a loss of signal for over one hour. Marginal systems may not have communication for 30 or more minutes a day you will never know there is a problem.
I'm pretty sure mine alarmed within just a few minutes of moving the display to where the signal on the far tire dropped.I can't be certain because I was playing with pressures just to see how the system worked.
I had mine on the console and it would drop a tire now and again with my triple axle toyhauler. I moved it up to the dash and have had no more issues. It's a good unit minus the lousy response time.
