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Smartire Battery Life & now calibration of new ones

Yahoo Message Number: 86733
Thanks everyone for the feedback, I am very happy with the system and it does represent a significant infrastructure and financial investment in the coach, let alone the dashboard hole its removal would present! That last statement is too flippant. Like Barney I am impressed with the technology so have no plans to change it out, it has already saved me a trailer tire. The cost of the sensors, Scott I think said $650, seems a big number so I am tempted by the 12 years Jim has experienced, this suggests that one could get circa 2 tire life cycles which means I could leave the sensors for this years tire change.
My next question, probably Scott aimed and others who have installed new ones, how do you get the black box to know what tire is what when you put the new sensors in if you do not have a dealer tool?

Michael

2008 Allure 31683
(Smartire Gen 2)

Re: Smartire Battery Life & now calibration of new ones

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Yahoo Message Number: 86735
I did all my re-programming through the SilverLeaf unit in my coach. If that is how you monitor your SmarTire, I'd recommend a call to SilverLeaf as they'd likely be on top of this.

Lee

Re: Smartire Battery Life & now calibration of new ones

Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 86736
I puchased my sensors from Les Scwab and sent my black box back to them they reprogrammed and labeled all my sensors and sent back. Reinstalled the box had all the sensors installed and it worked perfect.

Buddy 06 Inspire 360 51887

Re: Smartire Battery Life & now calibration of new ones

Reply #3 –
Yahoo Message Number: 86739
Michael - My Silverleaf is the 200 series which has long since been discontinued. It has one of the worst man/machine interfaces I've ever seen. That said, each sensor has a unique ID code on it. MAKE SURE you write this code down and associate it properly with tire position. By pushing a cryptic sequence of buttons (my unit) on the Siverleaf you can enter the sensor code for each wheel position. Check with Silverleaf on how this is accomplished. It isn't difficult it's just not intuitive by any measure. Your bus is 2 years newer so I'd guess some improvements have been made.

If you screw up the sensor codes, you'll need to find tires by letting air out and seeing which sensor changes. Once you get all the sensors installed it probably isn't a bad idea to verity their position by that same method. Jeannie and I changed our our front and tag axle tires and did the sensors ourselves. We were very careful to not screw it up. The double tires got done at a dealer and I didn't let the tires and rims out of my sight. I put the sensors in and watched carefully how tires were put back on the rims. We got things done properly. Good luck with it. My guess is better products are evolving. And like most technology devices the early purchasers become the beta testers. A somewhat expensive proposition. Especially if the manufacture decides to drop compatibility with the older versions as is often done in favor of "better stuff" and newer markets.

I think staying in touch with your equipment is the first step all of us can take towards safe operation and travel. Tire pressure/temperature monitoring is thus a great idea. That to include the old fashioned methods like hands, knees and a good tire pressure gauge. As for tire monitoring systems, know what they tell you and more importantly what they don't. Safe travels to one and all.

Re: Smartire Battery Life & now calibration of new ones

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Yahoo Message Number: 86741
For all the programming details and graphics, Silverleaf has the owners manual for all its units on the company website.

Lee
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Lee (leozbrowski@...) 2007 Country Coach Intrigue 12153
CAT C-13

Re: Smartire Battery Life & now calibration of new ones

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Yahoo Message Number: 86746
Fine a Camping World that still has the tooling to program the sensors. Camping World used to sell the Smartire system and some of their service centers may still have to capability to program. I know the one in St Augustine, FL still has the tools. I elected to remove and ship my receiver to Paul at Bob Dickman to program the new sensors to it.
If your sensors are the latest design and constantly tranmit, they most likely will not last the life of your new tires. With your coach still (parked) check and see if the Smartire is reading signals from the smnsors. Remember sensors may transmit at 20 minute intervals.
Also, consider the cost of dismounting and rebalancing to replace sensors when they do go bad. My sensors are still working after seven years in service, but I know I will not get another seven years out of them. Compared to the cost of dismounting ($48)& balancing ($35), I come out ahead with time and cost by replacing the sensors now.

Jim Hughes

2000 Allure #30511

Re: Smartire Battery Life & now calibration of new ones

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Yahoo Message Number: 86748
If you check the Bob Dickman web site you will see that both the full time transmitters (Part # 201.0007) and the normal transmitter that goes into rest mode when not moving (Part #101.1110) are still available. I replaced mine last year with the part timers Part #101.1110. They should last around 7 years. I also sent my receiver to Dickman for programming at no extra charge. Very good people to work with! http://www.dickmantires.com/SmarTire/Stire_sensors_tools.html Barney

07 Inspire 52059

Re: Smartire Battery Life & now calibration of new ones

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Yahoo Message Number: 86762
So thanks to everyone; my Smartire utilises its own display and is not connected to my Silverleaf so it seems when I am ready to change the tires I will send my blackbox to Dickmans for new sensors. Grief is as some will know I am in the UK!!

Michael

2008 Allure 31683