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Date:         Mon, 19 Oct 2015 17:53:40 -0500
Reply-To:     Angus Gordon <birdworks@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Angus Gordon <birdworks@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Nytrogen and tires
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
In-Reply-To:  <201510192046.t9JKkENq029331@mail107c45.carrierzone.com>
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Thanks David, I've been using a rule of thumb of 1% per 5F for a long time but I don't know where it came from. Michelin perhaps. Normally I only use it to overinflate when headed to a cold destination. Kept me out of the weeds so far...

Angus

> On Oct 19, 2015, at 3:46 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > > At 11:19 PM 10/17/2015, Angus Gordon wrote: >> I have experience with nitrogen filled tires on aircraft and can tell you that it certainly doesn't negate pressure changes with temperature. That's still something we deal with. I don't see any real value in using nitrogen in car tires. > > I believe pressure change as a percentage per degree will be essentially the same no matter what gas or combination of gases is used to fill a tire. It amounts to roughly one psi per ten degrees Fahrenheit for tires at ordinary pressures and temperatures. > > Yrs, > d


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