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Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server. Available for free at home-assistant.io

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Don't forget Temperature Sensors for your Fridge! (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ArmoredCavalry@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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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 made my fridge lose it's mind and turn off cooling, even after it powered back up. Unplug / replug seems to have fixed it, but all the food was spoiled when we got home. Simple $10 temperature sensor could have saved everything!

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[–] ArmoredCavalry@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If anyone has other suggestions for possible 'blind spots' like this, appreciate it!

[–] quinten@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Water sensor near your washing machine.

And a smart speaker connected to HA in the bedroom to play a alarm once the smoke detector goes off.

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve yet to experience a smoke detector quiet enough that I couldn’t hear it throughout my entire house

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that seems like over kill. Especially if you're not hard of hearing.