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Joe
Joe
6 years ago

Just a friendly correction for the freezer monitor. Use lithium primary batteries such as energizer ultimate lithium, not lithium ion batteries. Great answer and will be implementing it.

Shawn Mills
6 years ago

Joe,

You are right about that, thanks for the correction.  I made that error and also called the freezer temp negative 20.  Ill mention those on my next response.

Good catch!

Alan in SW PA
Alan in SW PA
6 years ago

Loved the history segment on Napoleon; one of his tru blunders. He wasn’t the last to underestimate Russia. Adolph didn’t read history I guess…

A music/lyric telling by one of my favorite songwriters, Mark Knopfler

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/markknopfler/donewithbonaparte.html

 

Scott
Scott
6 years ago

I asked the question on the freezer alarm in this episode and I ended up buying this one (https://amzn.to/2DVpkDR). It is not one of the recommended ones but based on my research and the price I thought I would give it a try. It came with two sensors and the base. The sensors have a wired sensor that goes inside the freezer and a transmitter that goes outside the freezer so the batteries are not in the freezer. I have the freezer sensors in the basement and the base station upstairs and it receives the signal fine at maybe 150′. I am not sure how it would work over longer distances or through different types of walls. You can set high and low alarms on both sensors and I have tested them, they work well. It does not allow you to get the data from a phone but it does hold the alarm, the temperature for that sensor blinks, even though the sound stops after a few minutes so if it alarms while you are away you will be able to tell when you get back. I decided I did not want a device that required a service or was cloud based which is part of why I went with this approach. I have been using it for a couple months now and no problems, I would highly recommend it.