[Shop-talk] Tire Pressure Gauges

[Bob Spidell]

re: "It is accurate"

How do you know? I've actually looked for a measurements lab to 
calibrate gauges; they're few and far between.


On 5/30/2022 4:40 AM, Robert Rochlin wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> I’ve been using a Jaco tire gauge for years.  It is accurate, doesn’t 
> use batteries, and is warranted for life. The best part is that it 
> glows in the dark (really) and is very easy to read.  For most of my 
> life I used pencil type inflation gauges, which, while accurate, were 
> really difficult to read.
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010A6B6KG/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&aaxitk=3fb0d5ac19778cf96082216834cd8c21&content-id=amzn1.sym.488a18be-6d86-4de0-8607-bd4ea4b560f3%3Aamzn1.sym.488a18be-6d86-4de0-8607-bd4ea4b560f3&hsa_cr_id=9387928130101&pd_rd_plhdr=t&pd_rd_r=33e3d461-fb6d-4c4e-a750-20dec79ddb4f&pd_rd_w=4N9UY&pd_rd_wg=LAyD2&ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_mcd_asin_0_img 
> <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010A6B6KG/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&aaxitk=3fb0d5ac19778cf96082216834cd8c21&content-id=amzn1.sym.488a18be-6d86-4de0-8607-bd4ea4b560f3:amzn1.sym.488a18be-6d86-4de0-8607-bd4ea4b560f3&hsa_cr_id=9387928130101&pd_rd_plhdr=t&pd_rd_r=33e3d461-fb6d-4c4e-a750-20dec79ddb4f&pd_rd_w=4N9UY&pd_rd_wg=LAyD2&ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_mcd_asin_0_img>
>
> Best,
> Bob
> ’72 TR6
>
>> On May 30, 2022, at 12:09 AM, John T. Blair <jblair1948 at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> At 08:54 PM 5/29/2022, Randy wrote:
>>
>> >I've had some of those and I found if i kept them in the glovebox 
>> the batteries
>> >didn't last very long, especially in the summer.
>>
>> I have to agree.  I have a little nicer electronic one than the one 
>> Bob suggested.
>> I've had the batteries go bad in several of my electronic gauges and 
>> leak and
>> made a mess in the gauges.  Trying to clean them and make the usable 
>> again is
>> a real pain.  So I strongly suggest that you take the batteries out 
>> of the gauge
>> when not in use and store them in a plastic baggie. That way, when 
>> the leak, they
>> don't mess up the gauge.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>
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