tire pressure censor?

Does any one know if the sensor can be turned off? I am mounting some M/T's on stock steel wheels that do not have this. The reason I ask is that I know that my tires need to have the correct pressure and check them all of the time, so if I buy these for the stock wheels and end up airing down for trails and such it's still going to go off, so why buy some for these stock wheels, right? Or can I have it turned off or can I do it myself? I just don't want that extra light in the dash or any kind of buzzing chimes.

 

So the sensor is not preset to a certain tire pressure? Or in other words, with any tire and pressure I can just hit the button?

 

I've never had to. This last time we went out a lot of the guys did. Some down to about 12psi.

 

What about running a complete second set of wheels and tires?

Does the computer only track 5 tires at a time, or can it track more?

For example: Winter wheels and tires and summer wheels and tires.

I dont want to have to go to the dealer every 6 months to get
the wheels scanned back into the computer everytime I change them.

Taking the bulb out of the dash would be easier.

 

But does anyone have an explanation for how it moniters air pressure ?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_Pressure_Monitoring_System

 

How thw censors work. Working with Audis i have had to change the censors many times. If you are putting on a second set of wheels and they dont have the censors then most likly your light will be on because the computer is not reading a signal. The censor is attached to you valve stem on most new cars. There is a crystal that is very sensitive to pressure and sends a voltage signal when that signal is out of range your low air psi light comes on it usually takes 5-10 psi to get it to set the light.

Hopefully that was helpful.