Freezer Current Safety Indicator?

Jones · 2007-04-20T13:19:47+00:00

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.

Apr 20, 2007 28 Replies

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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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