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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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[-] blazera@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

A fridge that can handle a temporary power outage wouldve saved the food.

[-] ArmoredCavalry@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

We've had quite a few temporary power outages before and there's been no issue when it comes back up. I still have no idea what happened this time. Like I said, even power cycling it again was what "fixed" it (at least for now).

this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2023

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