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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/TimidPocketLlama on 2025-03-02 11:35:24+00:00.
Yesterday a careless home health aide who was caring for my dad left the refrigerator door open. He is hard of hearing and did not hear the beeping. I didn’t get home until about 2 and a half hours after she left. Our groceries seem to be okay, fortunately.
So I’m thinking of getting door sensors and setting them to alert our phones if the door is left open more than 2 minutes. But I’m concerned that the door could be closed enough to satisfy the door sensor but still not all the way. (With our freezer in particular, it has been closed enough to satisfy even the freezer door alarm itself but still frosted over inside.) Could anyone recommend temperature monitors or would you have any better suggestions?