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Don't forget Temperature Sensors for your Fridge! (self.homeassistant)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ArmoredCavalry to c/homeassistant

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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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[–] ElRompeCulo 25 points 1 year ago (6 children)

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”?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

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

Or if you had it on a smart outlet you could try rebooting it.

[–] ElRompeCulo 7 points 1 year ago

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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