Hello, all,I have a chest freezer that I keep in an outbuilding.On at least one occasion, for whatever reason (lightning?), this freezer has thrown a breaker, cr@pped out (without us knowing it) and stunk up the garage with rotten food and bait.(We only rarely open the freezer, so it took a while for us to realize that it had thrown a breaker and was powered down.)Does anyone know of a simple way I could rig something up to show when the freezer stops pulling current for more than, say, a day or two?At first I was thinking an ammeter would work, but obviously, the freezer isn't running ALL the time, so the lack of current wouldn't necessarily indicate a problem.What I would like is a prepared solution for this, perhaps a gizmo that would go between the freezer and the 110V outlet that would LIGHT UP or SOUND A SIREN when the freezer stopped drawing current for more than a specified time.Does anyone know of a device that would work for this purpose, or of a simple way to make one (I can solder, but beyond that, I'm pretty clueless, so be gentle!)?Thanks for any clues,Jones.

On a sunny day (Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:19:47 GMT) it happened Jones wrote in :Perhaps the simplest (and better) way is use a temperature sensor.You can use a simpel silicon diode, at the input of an opamp,that triggers a beeper for example (via a wire in the house).I dunno if you can make that, if you think you can I can post a diagram.(run from an AC adapter).Perhaps complete remote temp sensors exists that have an alarm?I would not bother measuring current, as that is no indication you did notleave the door open for example.Always measure what you want to know, not some related value.

Freezer Current Safety Indicator?

Apr 20, 2007 28 Replies

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Jones 19 years ago

It's mainly for fishing bait, and we don't fish much (at least not with bait from the freezer) between approx November and April, so it can get pretty gamey...(the remaining bait gets ground up for chum).

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John Popelish 19 years ago

And you are paying for energy to keep this frozen, year round? I think you might do well to compare the annual cost of electricity for the freezer to the cost of buying chum/bait when you need it.

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Homer J Simpson 19 years ago

The temperature sensing models will alert you to freezer failure also.

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Jones 19 years ago

Excellent! Here's one under $30 USD:

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Rich Grise 19 years ago

If you were in Minnesota, you could just put the bait outside for those months. ;-)

Cheers! Rich

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GregS 19 years ago

What about the beer?

greg

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Richard Henry 19 years ago

Or Vermont:

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Homer J Simpson 19 years ago

If you put the freezer outside it will only run when needed.

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krw 19 years ago

Now *that's* out in the boonies! ;-)

Beautiful place to visit in the summer but no place to be the other

364 days of the year.

Keith

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