| The TPMS technology is specially designed to keep | | | | average. |
| track of the air pressure on your tires. It comes on | | | | -Indirect TPMS has a whole different way of |
| some airplane undercarriages, forklifts, & other | | | | functioning when it comes to determining the air |
| vehicles. | | | | pressure. Itâs pretty complicated so prepare |
| There are two types of TPMS: Direct & Indirect: | | | | yourself. There are sensors placed on the ABS |
| -Direct TPMSs have actual pressure sensors within | | | | (Antilock Brake System) to mark every rotation on |
| each individual tire to let the driver know of | | | | all four tires. Since under-inflated tires tend to have a |
| under-inflation whenever they are driving. They then | | | | smaller radius, this causes for the tire to rotate more |
| transfer the data of the tire using a special wireless | | | | than a regular inflated tire. The Indirect TPMS is |
| transmitter to the main receiver. The small chip in | | | | supposed to recognize this change immediately to |
| each tire is intended to forward a warning signal as | | | | make the driver aware; but this is not always the |
| soon as the tireâs pressure goes below | | | | case. |