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Tyre Pressure TPMS / Wake-Up tool for RDC
e7navy1999:
hey GS Jim: I tried my EL-50448 and got nothing. It would not wake up my TMPS. My TPMS are ok when riding. Maybe it is user error on my part. Hey Kardano: I do not think we can calibrate our TMPS. They are factory set. They are not extremely accurate but just give a ballpark PSI. I live in the mountains so my readings are lower by 3-4 psi. As the tires heat up the PSI can rise 3-4 degrees
kardano:
My VXDAS EL-50448 (for GM) works fine with my sensors, it seems the "Ford version" do not.
e7navy1999:
Thanks Karado. That is the unit I have. When you use yours does your TMPS readout on your bike display...does it read tire pressure or stay blank? Mine stays blank until i ride the bike for 2-3 blocks
GS Jim:
Sorry to hear your wake up tool is not working Navy but just to clarify, did you try a new battery in it, does the green light flash when you hold the button or the red, are you holding it at the labelled area on the rim with bike ignition on? Also I find I have to hold the button for a while sometimes, like 30 seconds or so.
I have found the readings to be very close to my calibrated gauge but on three different bikes the readings do vary by about 0.1 bar.
Although the readings are temperature (20 c) they are not altitude compensated so if you set them at sea level and go up to say 2,000 meters you can get a change of maybe 0.3 bar but if you set them at high altitude they will show the correct pressure at that height as the reading is just the difference in the external and internal pressures.
While I am writing this I see other posts coming in so to respond to the latest the reading on your bike stays blank till the centrifugal switch is activated at about 30 kph (or the wake up tool wakes it up).
I believe the Ford unit is EL-50449
kardano:
--- Quote from: e7navy1999 on February 15, 2019, 08:53:55 PM ---When you use yours does your TMPS readout on your bike display...does it read tire pressure or stay blank? Mine stays blank until i ride the bike for 2-3 blocks
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I've a BMW R1200RT 2011. Start engine, the pressure digits are blank, after riding for 15 seconds digits show the value. With EL-50448 i can wake up the sensors and read the two values only with the ignition on and motorcycle on the stand.
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