Yeah I sussed, all I was pointing out was that usually by the time the alarm comes on it’s really too late! Stupid pointless idea actually putting an alarm on the thing and having people rely on it! A *far* better idea is the “door-open” buzzer that is fitted to a lot of integrated appliances, basically a buzzer that goes nuts if the door isn’t fully closed inside a couple of minutes or so.

We get calls all the time from people asking us to be at a freezer failure and customers expect you there within the hour, but as I said, if you notice that the food is defrosting the best thing you can do is salvage what you can as it could be dangerous to re-freeze it depending on the type of food, ambient temp, length of time above -15C and the original condition. So, as you can see it’s far easier to tell the lay-person, use it or lose it! ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Mc Alinden [mailto:armagh@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 21 May 2002 10:05
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Freezer Alarm

Ken

I think Mark was refering to monitoring the Freezer lite say with a lite sensor or something similar.

Frank Mc

----- Original Message -----

From: Kenneth Watt

To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 6:36 PM

Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Freezer Alarm

Don is it integrated or freestanding?

BTW, if the alarm light comes on then the temp has already, on most
machines, risen to above -15C and the food has already started to
perish!!

-18C is the optimum temp for food storage and most machines cycle
between -15C and -21C to give an average -18C so, basically if you
notice that the food is soft it's out with the big frying pan! ;-)

K.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don McAllister [mailto:donmc@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 21 May 2002 09:11
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Freezer Alarm
>
> I was thinking more of some sort of contact switch and audible alarm
> with a setting to go off if the contact is broken for more than a set
> time. Looking for something self contained and simple.
>
> Don
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 21 May 2002 08:59
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Freezer Alarm
> >
> > > SWMBO has requested a Freezer Alarm due to me leaving the freezer
> door
> > > ajar for the 3rd time :-)
> > >
> > > Any pre-built solutions available or any suggestions appreciated.
> >
> > Does it have a light? Could you monitor that and alarm if it's on
for
> > more
> > than say 30secs.
> >
> > M.
> >
> >
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