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Postby irwin83r » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:37 pm

Caffeine wrote:The one at the local BP has a real problem with my rear left tyre. Always tries to inflate it to 50psi, then goes "ERR" and deflates it to 15 or so


yeah i've used one like that before... cant remember if it was on my bike or in my car but it scared the shat outta me when it got around 60!!! :shock:

i was standing there going... is it going to stop going up??? i only wanted 35...... :shock: :shock: :shock:

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Postby KIJIMA » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:41 am

I used to use them, but heard later that there are infact not accurate, so Icve gone back to using the old manual pressure gauges at a local 'old skool' servo. Now I'm confused, are they accurate or not accurate? cos they are certainly easier to use.
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Postby Garry » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:11 am

Some are accurate and some aren't, just like the old fashioned gauges. According to my own tyre gauge the 7-11 across the road from my house is spot on, the Shell servo down the road puts about 2PSI extra in.
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Postby manga_blue » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:10 pm

RACQ tested them all a while back. Turns out the electronic ones were mostly pretty good.

http://www.racq.com.au/images/documents/Tyre_pressure_gauge_survey.pdf
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Postby Alf » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:14 pm

manga_blue wrote:RACQ tested them all a while back. Turns out the electronic ones were mostly pretty good.


Probably 'cos on average they're newer. I use one all the time, but always check with my own gauge. The one I use Caltex, Dandenong Road, Frankston, reads a consisten 0.5 psi higher than my gauge. Of course, I can't guarantee the accuracy of mine either, but it's repeatable and as I always use the same one, that's more important.

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