Author: RoamVitals Admin
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What we can read from a sensor, and what we cannot
Some sensors shout their readings to anyone listening. Others hold them behind a connection, a pairing, or an encryption key. That difference decides whether a device works with us.
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Freeze protection for an RV you are not standing in
A burst line is a five figure repair that announces itself hours after the temperature crossed the line. Monitoring does not stop the freeze. It buys you the hours.
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Why your sensor drops out at the back of the rig
Thirty feet is the number on the box. An RV is a metal tube full of appliances, and the real number is smaller. Where to put the hub, and what to do about a long fifth-wheel.
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The coin cell problem
A sensor that has run out of battery does not tell you it has run out of battery. Why coin cells fail in the cold, why lithium matters, and why last-seen is a reading in its own right.
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The part nobody sells you
A sensor tells the hub. The hub has to tell you, and that second part is the one that quietly does not work. How to get a connection to your RV, including the storage case where it is hardest and matters most.
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The temperature check you cannot make from a trailhead
A parked RV on a mild day can reach a hundred degrees inside an hour. This is the maths of that, and what monitoring does and does not solve.