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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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[–] Deez@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Would you put the sensor itself inside the fridge/freezer, and would it still have signal?

[–] ThePantser@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My Aqara sensor has a pretty good signal in my fridge, results may vary as the material of fridges vary.

[–] cedeho@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

How is battery life in this cold environment?

[–] Deez@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Cheers!

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

Yeap, I put it in the actual Fridge, signal seems fine for Bluetooth at least!

[–] Deez@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Cheers!