Thank God for freezer alarms!

Ardie/WI · #1 07/03/12, 12:35 PM

We've talked about them here before and today we discovered how valuable they are!

I goofed! I accidently left the freezer unlocked and it went ajar! Just a few minutes ago, I checked the read out which is where I can see it easily!

Roger went in the back room and closed it. Nothing was lost!

We did discover that the audio alarm wasn't on so he turned it on.

Common Tator · #2 07/03/12, 01:35 PM

Same thing happened to me last week. I didn't know what the beep was. I thought it was a smoke alarm, and when I got the battery out, the beep happened again. That is a wonderful feature!

Ardie/WI · #3 07/03/12, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Common Tator

Same thing happened to me last week. I didn't know what the beep was. I thought it was a smoke alarm, and when I got the battery out, the beep happened again. That is a wonderful feature!

Awhile back my silly SIL could hear a beep but couldn't find where it came from. He lost a freezer in the basement full of stuff. That's why i like the read out that's in the kitchen.

bajiay · #4 07/03/12, 04:14 PM

I am glad that you did not lose anything. I do not know about freezer alarms. May I ask how they work and where I can buy them? (I have three freezers!)
Thanks.

Ardie/WI · #5 07/03/12, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by bajiay

I am glad that you did not lose anything. I do not know about freezer alarms. May I ask how they work and where I can buy them? (I have three freezers!)
Thanks.

Amazon.com: freezer alarm wireless

bajiay · #6 07/03/12, 06:32 PM

cool, thanks!

Wayne02 · #7 07/03/12, 07:36 PM

We have this one. The readout unit has nice strong magnets and it sticks well on our in-house refer/refrigerator. It's right up there at eye level and of course we are in and out of the refer multiple times per day and you can't help but see the temps of the two chest freezers out in the garage. Was just out there and the temps are -9 and -11 in the freezers. The alarm is set to go off if the temp goes above 0 degrees.

I suspect in the not too distant future you will be able to access this info on smartphones from wherever you happen to be, and you will be able set alarm levels on the phone such that you get a text or phone call when one of the freezers starts to go above the set-point.

http://www.amazon.com/Chaney-Refrige...alarm+wireless

m39fan · #8 07/13/12, 12:23 AM

Thanks for posting about these. I hadn't heard of them either. We just lost an entire upright full of food including tons of meat. The frustrating thing is we were out of power for 3.5 days and I managed to keep the generators going the entire time. Because of this, and God's grace, we didn't lose anything due to the power outage. The day after we get power back, my wife asked our youngest daughter to fix a simple dinner to help out. Obviously, she was doing more important stuff as she proceeded to have a meltdown. After a little attitude adjustment, she went downstairs to get the chicken needed. She came back after a few minutes announcing that we were out of chicken. We fixed something different and thought nothing more of it. Fast forward 24 hrs and I'm showing my daughter changes we made to enable us to run the well pump etc off the portable genset. I walk into the utility room and what do I find? The youngest had slammed the upright freezer door shut in her temper tantrum and it had bounced back open. When I looked in, I realized it was WAY too late to save anything. $500+ in groceries in the trash!

Needless to say, the youngest got to remove and bag all the spoiled food AND wash out the freezer. We're now going to switch all meat to the chest freezer when we repurchase in the hopes of preventing this from happening again. The alarms would have come in handy!

Common Tator · #9 07/13/12, 08:25 AM

They do have freezer alarms that you can put on a freezer that doesn't have one. Amazon.com: CDN Audio Visual Freezer Alarm: Kitchen & Dining

My freezer came with an alarm. It isn't very loud. I have to be within a few feet of the room where the freezer is to hear it. It wouldn't have helped if it was in the basement unless yu are also down there to hear it.

mary,tx · #10 07/13/12, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Wayne02

We have this one. The readout unit has nice strong magnets and it sticks well on our in-house refer/refrigerator. It's right up there at eye level and of course we are in and out of the refer multiple times per day and you can't help but see the temps of the two chest freezers out in the garage. Was just out there and the temps are -9 and -11 in the freezers. The alarm is set to go off if the temp goes above 0 degrees.

I suspect in the not too distant future you will be able to access this info on smartphones from wherever you happen to be, and you will be able set alarm levels on the phone such that you get a text or phone call when one of the freezers starts to go above the set-point.

Chaney Refrigerator/Freezer Wireless Digital Thermometer 00986: Amazon.com: Kitchen & Dining

Does this come with two sensors, or did you need to buy two sets, one for each freezer?
thanks, mary

Wayne02 · #11 07/13/12, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by mary,tx

Does this come with two sensors, or did you need to buy two sets, one for each freezer?
thanks, mary

It comes with two sensors. They are marked #1 and #2 which correspond with the main display - top line of the display is receiving from #1 and bottom line of display is #2.

mary,tx · #12 07/13/12, 12:05 PM

Thanks, Wayne! I ordered mine this morning.