Tyre Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) are an essential piece of kit when travelling and they are becoming more common on new vehicles. But what if you want to fit a pressure monitor to your older 4x4 that has taken you all over the world?
The problem is the aftermarket systems with internal sensors require your tyres to be removed to insert the sensor inside each wheel. These systems generally require a power source as well.
Steelmate Automotive has the answer to this problem with their TP-S9, a four-wheel wireless and solar-powered TPMS. It features external screw-on sensors and a wireless solar-powered colour display.
The display provides a continuous readout of the pressures of each tyre and both a visual and audible warning for low or high pressure and temperature. All of these can be set to user specifications depending on your vehicle. The display, in addition, adjusts its brightness according to ambient conditions, so is always easy to read.
This story is from the March 2020 edition of SA4x4.
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