Trailer TPMS Question

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timswi

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Blew out a tire on my 32' TT...Oddly I didn't know it happened- no noise, handling issues--Nothing. A guy pulled up in town and said the tire blew apart about 1/8 of a mile ago and was riding on the rim. Scary to say the least since I had been on the road for over 2 hours on 4 lanes. Guess I picked something up as the tires are in excellent shape. Messed up some sheet metal and the wheel well belly liner (a repair question for another day) but didn't wreck the fiberglass.

Now I'm OCD ( actually I was before but didn't act on it) with the on-road tire pressures. Going to get a TPMS system for my TT and my tandem 16' trailer. Any suggestions on the best ones to get or the ones to stay away from? With these garbage trailer tires that are out there now I'm a tad paranoid although as this is my first on-road blow out and I don't want to be in that situation again.

Any suggestions?
 
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Subscribing. I'm interested in getting a set up for mine as well.
 
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I have the eez brand I use on my MH and toad (10 sensors). A newer, lower profile unit has been offered since I bought mine 2 yrs ago but I understand it is all cosmetic. I use the screw on type sender units and I also have a repeater mounted on the back wall of the MH. It works very well, customer support is good, it starts when you turn it on (some models don't start monitoring until you are under way). It is within 1# of my digital gauge. My only gripe is the manufacturer tells you batteries last a couple of years (verify that) but I had to replace the batteries at about 6 months. I complained and the tech told me that was the life with quality batteries, go figure. Batteries are cheap and easily replaced so that is minor. It will warn for too low or high pressure and too high temperature and loss of signal. If you remove the sensor from the tire, it might take up to 10 seconds to notify you of pressure loss as the control unit cycles through all the sensors continuously although it usually alarms within a couple of seconds. I have heard stories of blowouts and the control unit going into alarm mode after the vehicle was stopped! I recommend it. It's very nice to turn on the unit, make final preparation and then view the monitor to see that all is well with pressures before you leave without having to check 10 tires with a gauge. It has alerted me twice that I had a low tire and I didn't know.
 
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I have the eez brand I use on my MH and toad (10 sensors). A newer, lower profile unit has been offered since I bought mine 2 yrs ago but I understand it is all cosmetic. I use the screw on type sender units and I also have a repeater mounted on the back wall of the MH. It works very well, customer support is good, it starts when you turn it on (some models don't start monitoring until you are under way). It is within 1# of my digital gauge. My only gripe is the manufacturer tells you batteries last a couple of years (verify that) but I had to replace the batteries at about 6 months. I complained and the tech told me that was the life with quality batteries, go figure. Batteries are cheap and easily replaced so that is minor. It will warn for too low or high pressure and too high temperature and loss of signal. If you remove the sensor from the tire, it might take up to 10 seconds to notify you of pressure loss as the control unit cycles through all the sensors continuously although it usually alarms within a couple of seconds. I have heard stories of blowouts and the control unit going into alarm mode after the vehicle was stopped! I recommend it. It's very nice to turn on the unit, make final preparation and then view the monitor to see that all is well with pressures before you leave without having to check 10 tires with a gauge. It has alerted me twice that I had a low tire and I didn't know.

Thanks for the info--Is the repeater hard wired or battery?
 
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I have the eez brand I use on my MH and toad (10 sensors). A newer, lower profile unit has been offered since I bought mine 2 yrs ago but I understand it is all cosmetic. I use the screw on type sender units and I also have a repeater mounted on the back wall of the MH. It works very well, customer support is good, it starts when you turn it on (some models don't start monitoring until you are under way). It is within 1# of my digital gauge. My only gripe is the manufacturer tells you batteries last a couple of years (verify that) but I had to replace the batteries at about 6 months. I complained and the tech told me that was the life with quality batteries, go figure. Batteries are cheap and easily replaced so that is minor. It will warn for too low or high pressure and too high temperature and loss of signal. If you remove the sensor from the tire, it might take up to 10 seconds to notify you of pressure loss as the control unit cycles through all the sensors continuously although it usually alarms within a couple of seconds. I have heard stories of blowouts and the control unit going into alarm mode after the vehicle was stopped! I recommend it. It's very nice to turn on the unit, make final preparation and then view the monitor to see that all is well with pressures before you leave without having to check 10 tires with a gauge. It has alerted me twice that I had a low tire and I didn't know.

Are these sensor batteries inside the tire? Taking the tires off the rim every six months would get spendy pretty quick.
 
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Are these sensor batteries inside the tire? Taking the tires off the rim every six months would get spendy pretty quick.

No, the batteries are in the valve cap which is an external TPMS sensor.
 
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Any issues with this brand? Do you have the repeater? If so, is that hardwired or battery? Thanks!

One other question--Do these sensors require metal valve stems or are the standard rubber ones OK?
 

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