Orange Electronic P409S Retrofit Tire Pressure Monitoring System
Orange Electronic P409S Retrofit Tire Strain Checking System
- Contains a lithium ion battery
- Projected five to seven yr battery existence
- Displays tire pressure
- Ergonomic Style
The Orange Electronics Retrofit Tire Pressure Method continually monitors tire stress in all four wheels, and aids supply a safer journey. This kit has been designed for vehicles that did not come with a factory tire pressure monitoring kit. The sensors attribute a military specification lithium-ion battery with a projected 5 to seven 12 months battery existence. All sensors arrive comprehensive with a exclusive valve stem assembly which incorporates a ball joint fitting enabling the sensor to be positioned in the optim
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2011/10/20 at 04:41:39
Not for pickup trucks,
This product might work well on passenger car tires but not on my pickup truck. I encountered 2 problems. First, the highest pressure That can be set for the over pressure alert is 60 psi. My truck tires are inflated to 70 psi so the alarm goes off and must be manually turned off every time I start the vehicle. The second problem is that with my crew cab truck the farthest tire from the unit (right rear tire) is too far to broadcast a strong enough signal to register. I thought maybe the sensor in that tire was malfunctioning but I switched the tires around and the right rear never gets a strong enough signal to register.
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|2011/10/20 at 04:05:53
A must if you have full time all wheel drive…,
…and highly recommended if you don’t. Bought this device from another online vendor because Amazon had not yet started carrying it. This one gets only 4 1/2 stars because depending on where you place it, the display might not be readable in bright light conditions. However, the audible alarm will promptly alert you of anything headed south with your tire pressures.
I bought this tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) after losing the center differential to the tune of $880 in our 2004 Subaru. What in the world does this have to do with TPMS? Well, it turns out much more than you would think!
Most folks who own full time all wheel drive vehicles don’t realize that they must keep close watch on tire pressures, tire brands, etc., especially if you have a manual transmission. If you own a full time all wheel drive vehicle, check your user manual to see what it says about buying tires for it and keeping
them properly inflated. Many of these vehicles might have to have ALL FOUR tires replaced in the event only 1 becomes unserviceable.
You might also find that you will have a FULL SIZED spare instead of one of those donut types. This is because no tire can vary in CIRCUMFERENCE more than 1/4″ – 1/2″ from another in order to maintain proper rolling characteristics. That my friends, is a pretty tight spec! Pressures must also be adjusted for loading of the vehicle. Some all wheel drive vehicles might still have the donut spare, but you will be limited in speed and how far you can drive on it. Your user manual might not explain why or you might question it and ignore the precaution…a very bad idea. Failure to heed this tidbit of information could result in a very expensive repair. The forces at work here are similar to those of driveline binding, a concept known to most seasoned 4WD vehicle operators…it just never occured to me how much a chronically low tire on a drive axle could really cost me!
The reason for this can get a little technical but I will try to keep it simple. The amount of air pressure in most tires affects how many times it will rotate over a given distance. With less air pressure in your tire, it will generally roll more times per mile, run hotter and under certain conditions, put more stress on the driveline of your full time all wheel drive vehicle. If it is normal for your tire pressure to be 30 psi at all 4 wheels and you have one tire running at 22 psi, you could be headed for trouble if you allow this condition to persist. It is even worse if you have a slow leak and just keep pumping it up rather than getting it fixed like I did.
Most all wheel drive vehicles have some means to detect the rotation of your wheels and based on that information redistribute power to the wheels that have the most traction. One tire running substantially low on pressure than the other 3 will be seen as a wheel that is constantly slipping. Yourvehicle will try to compensate for that by sending more power to the other 3 wheels. Usually a differential of some sort is involved in that process. Under low speed conditions, say 5 mph or so, there is really not much of a problem. But if you run a tire that is chronically low for 5000 miles (an oil change interval) at highway speeds, you could be headed for trouble. The lesson here is that a low tire over thousands of miles on a drive axle could eventually cause a problem.
How fast things go downhill will likely be determined by the design of your all wheel drive vehicle, the power distribution concept, whether it is an automatic or manual transmission and the difference(s) in the rolling characteristics between wheels.
In 2008 I believe TPMS systems became mandatory on all new vehicles sold in the U.S., but that was mostly safety related to prevent accidents that could be attributed to poor tire inflation. There was probably a little bit of “green thinking” involved in there, too as tire pressure relates to fuel economy and its impact on the nation’s oil reserves. Some of these OEM devices are reported to
be not as flexible as after market ones.
What I like about this model is that you can set the Hi and Lo alarm limits for your application. (OEM TPMS systems might not allow you this flexibility because they don’t want you changing anything.) The Orange’s display will show green for
tires within the limit and turn to red and sound an alarm when the pressure goes outside the limits. You can also set the device to show pressure only, temperature only, or to toggle between temperature and pressure as well as set a temperature alarm. It is also one of the easiest aftermarket devices I’ve seen to reset when you rotate your tires.
I had my system installed upon buying a new set of tires at a popular warehouse chain. They installed it at no additonal charge. You will have to learn how to set it…
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|2011/10/20 at 03:27:39
Recommended,
I have found this to be the best of three different after-market TPMS that I’ve tried. This valve attachment location has proven more durable than the band technique. The simultanous four-time readout is more user-friendly than those readouts that require a button to be pushed repeatedly to change among multiple tires. This unit has proven appropriately sensitive to low tire pressures on multiple occasions. Economical. Highly recommended.
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