Digital Air pump at Servo!!!

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Digital Air pump at Servo!!!

Postby Insurgence » Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:29 pm

Ok, maybe i have been living under a rock for the last 5 years, but I went to a different servo today and they had a digital air pump where you select the pressure and it fills the tyre for you!!!

so you can get it exact every time!!!

just thought i should share cos many people would be very particular about their pressures :)
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Postby AJ » Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:32 pm

LOL........yep, BP have had 'em for years mate, altho, there HAS been some heated discussion over their accuracy & you've probly opened another COW........just for the record, i used one friday afternoon & then checked it with my manual pressure gauge & it was spot on 8)
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Postby Boags » Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:44 pm

I used one and then went to a defensive driver training day - all 4 were different...

I used a different one and all four were the same...

It depends on how often they are calibrated. Most are not calibrated often.

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Postby Adam_NAclubman » Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:20 pm

The ones at the BP's I use all seem to match my guage, so I'm happy
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Postby SuperMazdaKart » Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:41 pm

the BP ones also take hot air out, but probably still best to re-pressure on cold tyres for better accuracy
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Postby rodent » Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:43 pm

The trick with these things is to always make sure you've got a good seal, since the friggin clips are usually broken from people running over it! :evil:
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Postby Slugoid » Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:55 pm

I've found that these digital air pumps have an accuracy of around +/- 1psi so overall they have fairly accurate. Much better than the old style hand pumps which have an accuracy of +/1 5psi if not worse :lol: .
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Postby bruce » Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:22 pm

You have been living under a rock - they've had those for at least 5 years.
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Re: Digital Air pump at Servo!!!

Postby irwin83r » Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:43 pm

Insurgence wrote:Ok, maybe i have been living under a rock for the last 5 years, but I went to a different servo today and they had a digital air pump where you select the pressure and it fills the tyre for you!!!

so you can get it exact every time!!!

just thought i should share cos many people would be very particular about their pressures :)


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Postby Insurgence » Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:00 pm

haha i'm around heidelberg.

must be the servo which i usually go to which doesnt have a digital pump!

also i have only had my car this year, so previous to that there was no need for me to investigate pumping up tyres :mrgreen:
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Postby bruce » Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:54 pm

The next big thing is they will charge you to pump up your tyres! (Air ain't free y'know). It will happen soon-ish and very quietly.
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Postby Insurgence » Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:37 am

i sincerely hope you are joking :(
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Postby Okibi » Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:15 am

:lol: been around for years!

One of our Forum members (a kiwi) works on these systems and says they're very accurate.
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Postby Boags » Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:04 pm

bruce wrote:The next big thing is they will charge you to pump up your tyres! (Air ain't free y'know). It will happen soon-ish and very quietly.


They already do in the UK. Not all servos have air facilities, and those that do generally charge 20-50p (50c-$1.20) to use it. :shock:

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Postby Caffeine » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:27 am

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
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