TPMS Tire pressure monitoring System
I just installed A TPMS System and noticed that If I leave the monitor turned on and leave my trailer, the monitor continues to report the last temperature and pressure it received when I was hooked...
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RinconVTR wrote:
You're overacting to a non-issue.
I have used the Tireminder system and it did the same thing.
When the unit powered up, if it did not read any sensors, the readings would lock and only occasionally go blank. If it picked up just one sensor, that one would go live and the other 3 blank.
I would often lose the signal to one of the rear trailer tires and it would report immediately. If I gave the receiver to my son in the back, that 5-7 feet distance change was enough to quickly regain the signal. I needed a repeater or booster to fix this, even though my TT is only 26' bumper to ball.
There is very little delay when you are actually driving and its sensing at least one sensor...or not.
So I guess I have to wonder then, when a tire goes flat, what happens first:
1. You hear the TPMS sounding the alert
2. You hear the BOOM from the tire exploding.
3. You are flagged by a passing motorist.
It appears there's a 33% any one of them would be the first notification of a problem.
