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Post by bobh on Aug 20, 2008 20:29:30 GMT
Has anyone else got a Halfords digital tyre pressure gauge? And if so have you had an error message “0-“?
It happened to mine today, and I thought it probably meant the battery needed changing. So I switched it for another that I happened to have, but it still says “0-“ when I try to check a tyre.
So it could be that the gauge is knackered, or alternatively the battery I fitted is past its sell-by date. But before I buy another I’d like to be reasonably certain that that’s the problem. It’s a CR2032 3V button type, by the way.
Any thoughts?
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Post by teejayexc on Aug 20, 2008 20:50:32 GMT
Yes, your tyres flat! Soz Bob, couldn't help myself  |
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Post by covertcodger on Aug 20, 2008 21:27:53 GMT
Bob - I believe you can reset them. You can mine anyway. Look at the back, is there a small hole? Unwind a paper-clip and poke it in!
HTH
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Post by bobh on Aug 21, 2008 22:40:02 GMT
Teejay - It's only flat at the bottom!
HTH - Ta - I'll try that.
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Post by bobh on Sept 7, 2008 22:59:38 GMT
Well, I've tried everything, and got a few more different error codes, one of which I think means "I'm sh**ged."
Ah well, it's lasted about 4 years and been used on everything from mountain bikes to wheelbarrows (and the odd Yamaha) so can't complain.
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Post by lightningJaCK on Oct 8, 2008 22:23:36 GMT
wheelbarrows?? really?? not that i think its odd that you check your wheelbarrows tyre pressures, i'm just jealous that you've got more than one!!!  |
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Post by neilmud Lord Protector on Oct 9, 2008 0:42:45 GMT
Its not tyre pressure that makes wheelbarrows handle badly its wheel balance and bearings when you get above 40 mph if these are out you can get all sorts of problems.
Or am I thinking of TDMs & BMW GSs
Neil
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Post by bobh on Oct 9, 2008 20:39:11 GMT
Wheelbarrow handling is a tricky art to master, but the first rule is to get tyre pressures spot on. Too low can give a dangerous side-to-side weave, whereas too high results in an up-and-down bouncing motion on uneven ground. In order to meet health and safety risk assessments, the pressure should be adjusted for each change in load, and also when changing from push to pull operation.
My next-door neighbour, who has a large garden and owns no less than three identical barrows, knows none of this, as he is a retired mouse breeder. Inevitably this state of blissful ignorance results in frequent accidents and punctures, when he has to call on my superlative mechanical skills to get him back on the garden path again.
Which is probably why my tyre pressure gauge is knackered. But he does grow some very tasty vegetables.
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