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Don't forget Temperature Sensors for your Fridge! (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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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