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Specularius wrote:
I performed this test on my 507. It took 1 hour, 58 minutes, and 38 seconds via stop watch before it signaled a lost sensor. Then over the next five minutes it reported the other 3 sensors lost. This really bothered me as I lost a tire on the first trip with the tst507.
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โJul-30-2015 01:48 PM
RangerGress wrote:
I spotted this thread when looking for folks talking about TireMinder, my 2nd failed attempt to find a reliable TPMS. Let me bounce this question off of you guys....why do you figure that OEM in-wheels TPMS sensors in vehicles don't seem to share the same problems as the on-stem sensors?
Maybe the "doesn't bother to tell you about no commo between sensor and receiver" is apparently not the standard for OEM systems?
Maybe the in-wheel sensor doesn't have as much problems with signal strength because half of it's antenna is the truck's common ground? This question is a good one for the HAM radio operators out there because normal folks aren't likely to understand antennas well enough.
The current system is a TireMinder. I have the repeater installed. Usually the display, for no good reason, shows bad info for 2 of 4 tires. I've replaced the batts a couple times to no avail. I've now moved the sensors from the trailer to the truck. I'll reprogram them all for the different pressure points and I should be able to compare the TireMinder sensors to the truck's OEM sensors in real time. If I can't get the TireMinders to behave, I figure I'll have to try a 3rd system. I get a lot of trailer flats. It's irritating.
โJul-30-2015 01:39 PM
GMandJM wrote:fj12ryder wrote:
Knowing that your TPMS could basically be non-functional for hours on every use is pretty disheartening...(*snip*) and the worst part is you'd never know.
Exactly! Prior to this I had no idea that when I got a beep from my monitor (and I HAVE gotten them) that I had already been without a signal FOR AN HOUR. I thought, "Oh well...in five minutes it'll sync up again" and I'd hit the silence button and drive on.
Ignorance is bliss, as the saying goes.
I also learned something else interesting from Chuck at MinderResearch: He said that glass is one of the most difficult substances for a signal to transmit through. So, putting my booster/repeater on the dash of the tow'd and hooking it into the jump box I use for the brake wasn't the best method.
He recommended that I put it mid-coach...where there just happens to be a DC outlet.
I like the way the Minder people were so willing to share information with us...even though I told them up front that we own a competitor's system.
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