spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to homeassistant@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoWhat's your laziest or most ridiculous automation?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down13
arrow-up141arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your laziest or most ridiculous automation?spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to homeassistant@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-223 days agoMy house’s fridge has a horribly designed freezer that is just a huge drawer with a smaller drawer inside. It wastes a huge amount of freezer space. It also doesn’t close all the way periodically. If you’re not paying attention, it freezes up the coil, and melts all your freezer food. I mounted a door sensor switch to the side and it sends my phone an email if the door been open for more than five minutes.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·23 days agoModern fridges just…do that. My fridge sends a push notification if the door is opened too long.
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·22 days agoSo instead of adding a door sensor I should have bought a new fridge? I don’t understand your point …
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·22 days agoMaybe not but I’m surprised yours doesn’t. It’s been a common feature for a while, and how long do modern fridges last? Like 5 years?
minus-squarespaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoMine does that too, but LG’s app required fine location permissions to be always on. No way in hell I’m going to let LG track my every move so I can be alerted when the fridge door is open or the washer’s done. They’d have to buy me dinner first.
minus-squareyannic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-222 days agoWhat brand? Would the phrase “Never by a household appliance from a cell phone company” apply in this case?
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days agoWhirlpool it’s about 15 years old now.
My house’s fridge has a horribly designed freezer that is just a huge drawer with a smaller drawer inside. It wastes a huge amount of freezer space.
It also doesn’t close all the way periodically. If you’re not paying attention, it freezes up the coil, and melts all your freezer food.
I mounted a door sensor switch to the side and it sends my phone an email if the door been open for more than five minutes.
Modern fridges just…do that.
My fridge sends a push notification if the door is opened too long.
So instead of adding a door sensor I should have bought a new fridge?
I don’t understand your point …
Maybe not but I’m surprised yours doesn’t. It’s been a common feature for a while, and how long do modern fridges last? Like 5 years?
Mine does that too, but LG’s app required fine location permissions to be always on. No way in hell I’m going to let LG track my every move so I can be alerted when the fridge door is open or the washer’s done. They’d have to buy me dinner first.
What brand?
Would the phrase “Never by a household appliance from a cell phone company” apply in this case?
Whirlpool it’s about 15 years old now.