Re: Refrigerator monitor ideas?

[Beamer Smith <beamer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Marc_F_Hult <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On 3 Feb 2007 22:08:35 GMT, ddl@danlan.*com (Dan Lanciani) wrote in message
><1338510@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>
>>I replaced the KitchenAid with a SubZero which was very expensive but
>>which has entirely separate cooling systems for the refrigerator and
>>freezer sections.
>
>The first and only refrigerator I've ever bought new in 35+ years of
>ownership is the SubZero I have now. Eight years ago I set the freezer at 0F
>and the fridge at 35F and every time I open the door, that's what the display
>reads. About two years the display amazed me by also telling me to vacuum the
>coil! Which I did. And the notice on the panel went off. No reset button. It
>jist knew (or faked it very well).
>
>
>>Getting back to your problem, I might be inclined to try an
>electromechanical
>
>As I now understand it, this isn't a HA problem or issue.
>
>It's a duct tape project.
>
>Duct tape a furnace filter to the fridge/wall/floor/whatever such that the
>air enters through the filter. From the description of dogs opening the
>refrigerator, hair, cracked plastic and what not down in the G's  basement,
>sounds like that solution would fit right in...  One _could_ add an LCD that
>flashed "Change Filter" ala Subzero for that Smart Home effect ;-)
>
>... Marc
>Marc_F_Hult
>www.ECOntrol.org

Filter Smilter

NEVER underestimate the power of panyhose
Seriously, I use them as a filter on the bottom front of my 'fridge
and almost no dust bunnies live in my coils... some gets through but I
clean it every year when I change the smoke detector bats.
I use a sock over the output hose of the washer to keep the aquatic
bunnies out of my greywater plumbing too...

A tablesppon of canola oil in my cats food every two weeks or so keeps
their dander down and their fur soft and (more imporantly) attached

I know these are LOW tech ideas but hey.. I'm the guy who goes to his
mothers to boil water.

Beamer