tebery Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Can a Card Access or Axxess sensor be left in a refrigerator to monitor the temp? I was wondering if the low temps would effect battery life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abeasst Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Use the remote temperature probe that you can get for it. That way the batteries are outside the fridg, but the sensor is in the fridge. I do this with my kegerator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I have several stored outdoors in fence posts year around and have for years. Extreme hot and cold... They're fine. The fridge is nothing. I'd put it in there in a heartbeat. Sent from my Droid MAXX via Tapatalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebery Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 Thanks for the replies, I really don't want to have a wire running out of the fridge. ILoveC4, are you using the CA pieces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Yes sir. Have done so with the same original units in the same application for more than 5 years. Sent from my Droid MAXX via Tapatalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APROARCH Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 COULD THIS BE USED TO MONITOR A HUMIDOR AS WELL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 COULD THIS BE USED TO MONITOR A HUMIDOR AS WELL? It can monitor the temperature of anything I guess, so long as the temps don't get TOO extreme. It monitors temperature, not humidity. I believe the Axxess units do monitor humidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebery Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 It can monitor the temperature of anything I guess, so long as the temps don't get TOO extreme. It monitors temperature, not humidity. I believe the Axxess units do monitor humidity.Yes the Axxess piece can be ordered with the humidity option. I have one in my sunroom and it works well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 The issue with monitoring a fridge / freezer wouldn't necessarily be the cold (although a freezer could be an issue, since batteries don't work as well when frozen), but that the ZigBee signal may not be able to make it out from a fridge / freezer, since they are made of metal, and are pretty much a faraday cage. Can't hurt to try it, it should either just work, or just not work. RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 ^ good point. Sent from my Droid MAXX via Tapatalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebery Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 ILoveC4, what model are you using for your outdoor sensors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Here's a photo of one. Sent from my Droid MAXX via Tapatalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turls Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Point taken on the signal maybe not getting out of the fridge. Two questions, did anybody try this successfully with CA, Nyce or Axxess? What parts did you use? Also, besides temperature, you'd want to monitor for doors not being closed. Is anybody doing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Yes, with a CA Relay hacked to accept remote thermistor. Been using one for about 3 years now. Not on a refer but I wouldn't bother with bugging the doors. You could simply monitor rate-of-rise within the cavity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I think the CA Contact Sensor has external thermistor capability already. I didn't have one of those back then so I stupidly cut into a relay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Order P/N EXT-10A for the Contact Sensor. That's the remote thermistor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.