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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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[–] omfgkarlmarx 5 points 1 year ago

I also went this route. I've definitely had better luck with the Acurite sensors than I've had with Zigbee/ZWave sensors in terms of update frequency.