Nitrogen in tires
Getting my trailer ready for the 1st trip of the year. I haven't checked just yet (I will soon) but camping world put nitrogen in my tires. I don't want to drag it down to camping world to get the tir...
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kaydeejay wrote:Speedogomer wrote:Plain WRONG! Nitrogen follows the same temperature and pressure rules ("Boyle's Law) as any other gas.
Nitrogen is put into tires because it's not as sensitive to temperature changes. It won't drop pressure when it's cold or raise pressure when it's hot out.
The only reasonably legitimate reason for using Nitrogen is that it is probably drier than regular air.
Maybe I should have been more specific. Nitrogen drops and raises pressure less than compressed air due to the lack of moisture in nitrogen as opposed to air.
