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:It may be a non-issue with a Tire Minder, it is not a non-issue with other brands.minnow wrote:Searching_Ut wrote:
Unfortunately I think most TPMS operate as you're describing. If they're maintaining radio contact they are reasonably quick to inform of issues such as low pressure, overheat etc. If they loose signal, it just reports last received signal while waiting for an update. In this situation it takes about an hour for it to report a fail. If you simply get intermittent signals, with temporary reception every thirty minutes or some other value less than an hour you'll never know you have shoddy reception. I put a repeater on my TST 507 system because of this but I still don't really know if I'm getting a reasonably consistent signal or not.
If that is the case, then what's the purpose of even having this unit? Tire blows out, and one might not know about it for an hour ?
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.
