TYREDOG 4 SENSOR SYSTEM
Submitted: Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 at 20:00
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Bearded Fish
I may be able to get two Tyredog 4 sensor systems at a good price, so if I was to put two sensors on the trailer plus the two spares would they transmit back to the cabin?
Reply By: Mick O - Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 at 20:13
Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 at 20:13
They may do but reception could be a bit patchy. We used a hard wired receiver situated at the rear of the vehicle to facilitate reception from the trailer
wheels. You can puerchase it from the distributer Zylux Industries.
Tyre Pressure Mointoring systems review - Tyredog/Sensatyre
Cheers Mick
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Follow Up By: Bearded Fish - Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 at 20:39
Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 at 20:39
Thanks for that Mick, your info is how I thought it would be.
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Follow Up By: Member - Frank P (NSW) - Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011 at 18:28
Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011 at 18:28
I have a 6 wheel Tyredog kit. I don't have a relay unit and have no reception problems from my trailer
wheels. They're about 5m from the windscreen unit.
Well, I don't think I do. All
wheels are displayed, but one consistently under-reads by a large margin.
Is that a reception issue or a sensor issue? Sounds more like sensor to me, but not prepared to pay $100 for a test sensor on a trial-and-error basis.
Cheers
Frank
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Reply By: Robin Miller - Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 at 20:44
Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 at 20:44
I don't think so Bearded fish - Have described before there are traps in these things which makes them appear better than they are.
Not entirely sure but you should also check the following statement - The spares in a 4 sensor Tyredog system are unique to each location and do not represent additional channels you can receive - The writeups on them are ambiguous so get a clear statement about this before you jump in.
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Follow Up By: Member - Frank P (NSW) - Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011 at 18:31
Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011 at 18:31
Robin,
I have had some sensors replaced under warranty. They are "learnable" (their term) Ie, they or the receiver can be taught which position they are in. Maybe the same for the provided spares.
Cheers
Frank
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Follow Up By: Robin Miller - Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011 at 20:08
Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011 at 20:08
They don't learn in that way Frank
You order a spare for a given wheel position and each spare has its own ID number , the system has to learn or remember the new ID number , not for the wheel position but so that it won't read one from another car.
The reason for this is that unless your receiver aerial is within site of the sensor then it picks up the weakess of signals from your car - and this signal can be overidden by another car passing up to 100m away.
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Follow Up By: Member - Frank P (NSW) - Thursday, Dec 01, 2011 at 09:55
Thursday, Dec 01, 2011 at 09:55
Ahhh, so that's how it works!
Thanks Robin
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Reply By: Member - Rob D (NSW) - Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011 at 09:46
Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011 at 09:46
I have a 6 sensor Tyredog system on a 100 series LC towing an Ultimate trailer. The trailer sensors work
well without having a repeater/relay. With the two 4 sensor systems you may get some radio frequency interference between the different units.
These sensors measure the tyre pressure accurately, but because the sensor are at the end of the valve stem, they measure the temperature at the end of the valve stem and not the temperature of the air in the tyre or the tyre itself.
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Reply By: Member - David T (SA) - Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011 at 17:06
Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011 at 17:06
Hi
I also have a 100 series with a Tvan and use the 6 system without a repeater. Never had any trouble with reception.
Cheers
Dave
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