Over the years I've seen all types. The oldest being the end that fits over the tire valve and a little stick or tab shoots out the end with numbers on all sides indicating the pressure. The talking gauges work on the same principal just no tab shooting out. There are the fancy digital ones that thread on the valve just like the dust cap does. There are gauges with a dial filled with glycerin that are supposed to be the most accurate and you'll run faster , jump higher and fly farther and so on...
The key is to use the same gauge on all 4 tires and get the same reading. You can set a pressure on a compressor but in the end you still have to check the tire's pressure so the worth is questionable. I don't know that you can set the pressure on the commercial models you have to pay to use. A quarter is a good price as they go today. We have a garage near the house that wants 75 cents to use. And it only runs for a couple minutes so you don't want to waste much time in filling the tires. I've probably clouded the issue more than cleared anything up. But I have found the fastest way to fill a tire is to put the fitting on the valve, count about a second per pound I want to add and check the pressure again. The second thing isn't accurate but it's usually somewhat close and gives a guideline to run along. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lee A. Stone To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 12:51 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] filling tires - does it work?/talking tire gage Lenny, Not sure what you mean the settings will be done in the warm basement. are you referring to the tire guage itself? Our new van lets you know when the tire pressure is low. but not in which tire so this house needs to buy a guage also. Now. you folks have brought up another thing which I did not know. I thought if you set the pressure at , for instance a gas station tire pump that if it is set for 35 then you could not get any more than 35 pounds out of it. so I'm thinking that isn't right. My kids tell me most places around here you need to drop a quarter in the slot to activate the air pumps. is that the norm around the world? one more thing years ago I always thought the best readings for a tire guage came from using an expensive mechinics guage. the ones with the wire ring on them sold by. oops having a Senior moment. well the ones who sell tools to local garages. However I am now rethinking that too. Lee -- I know you think you thought you knew what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you understood what you thought I meant. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
