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

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

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How is battery life in this cold environment?

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