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ArmoredCavalry Jul 29, 2023

Don't forget Temperature Sensors for your Fridge!

Don't forget Temperature Sensors for your Fridge! - Lemmy.world

Learned my lesson after a trip last week… I have sensors for nearly everything, but somehow totally forgot about the Fridge / Freezer. A power outage somehow made my fridge lose it’s mind and turn off cooling, even after it powered back up. Simple $10 temperature sensor could have saved everything!

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ElRompeCulo

Might be a dumb question since I have no experience with sensors. What would you have been able to do if the received an alert while you were out of town is the sensor able to turn the fridge off and on? Is that what you meant by “simple $10 temperature sensor could have saved everything”?

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foo Jul 29, 2023

You could then call a friend or family member and ask them to check on it.

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ElRompeCulo Jul 29, 2023

Ah makes total sense. Going to start looking into sensors for my house now. Anymore obvious locations that haven’t been mentioned yet?

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ArmoredCavalry Jul 29, 2023

You could then call a friend or family member and ask them to check on it.

This is exactly what I had in mind.

Fridge is probably one of the few things I’m hesitant to put on a smart outlet, just because chance of something going wrong with it.

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usrix Jul 29, 2023

A lot of smart outlets develop problems over time from the inductive surge current on electric motor startup (air conditioner, fridge, dehumidifier). The current ratings in ads are generally for resistive loads. Inductive load limits can be 30% less.

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ThePantser Jul 31, 2023

I have a Sonoff S31 on my fridge for about 3 years now for power monitoing and have had no issues. I’m sure the fact I don’t switch it on and off and it’s locked to stay on on power up helps prolong it’s life. If you never switch the load I don’t see how it’s life could be impacted. But I do have a temp sensor on the fridge so any failures I would be alerted to.