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Advantages of Tire Valve Stem Cap for Better Working TPMS
Author: kavindesoza
In the US, the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act made installation of Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) imperative. So, TPMS has to be installed in all passenger vehicles, trucks, buses and multipurpose vehicles having a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of 10,000 lbs or less. According to DEKRA, a German organization responsible for product safety, estimated that 41% of accidents are attributable to under or over inflationary tires. Furthermore, vehicle owners use well designed tire valve stem cap to improve the efficiency of exterior sensors, thus ensuring that it does not interfere with the TPMS. This results in the enhanced vehicle safety.
Some Advantages of the Tire Valve Stem Cap
These are some of the operational efficiencies come with a good tire valve stem cap, which ensure better performing TPMS and increased life of tires:
1. Better working TPMS
As fitted on Schrader valve, a well designed tire valve stem cap protects the exterior sensors of TPMS. This improves the efficiency of the exterior sensors to monitor and report the tire pressure in a more accurate manner without any real external disturbance. An efficient TPMS facilitates fuel efficiency, tire life extension, increased safety, low maintenance, and reduced downtime hours of vehicles, thus cutting down chances of under or over inflated tires.
2. Reduced damage to Schrader valve
Tire valve stem caps, once mounted on the Schrader valve, protects it from moisture, debris, mud and grit. This keeps little Schrader valve clean and dry, and makes it hassle free to check air pressure by just removing the valve cap and then putting it back into its desired place.
3. Stylish and finishing touch
In addition to this, stem caps come cheap and provide the finishing touch to the vehicle. As the caps are colorful and also flash the logos, they add to the outer appearance of the tires.
4. Durable and easy replacement
As stem caps are designed with quality ingredients, such as ABC plastic and long lasting metals, they are durable and can easily fit into any standard stem valve with easy replacement.
However, metal valve caps lead to “seizing” which can occur due to jamming of metal threads, thus causing the stem valve to become inoperable. Valve stem caps built with ABC plastic offer an advantage over the metallic variety since it offers a better grip over the stem valve.
Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/ezine/5602521