Chaney Instrument 00985 Wireless Refrigerator Freezer Thermometer
by Chaney Instruments
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Chaney InstrumentsBrand: Chaney
Model: 00985
Product features:
- Audible and visual alarms when temperatures exceed your pre-set minimum and maximum selection
- Remote sensors are equipped with spring action clips to secure inside regrigerator or freezer. Suction cups included
- Main unit equipped with a fold out stand and magnets on back of unit
- Temperature range -4 degF to 158 degF with alkaline batteries, -22 degF to 158 degF with lithium batteries (not included)
- Main Unit (2 AAA Batteries) Remotes (2 AA Batteries)
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Chaney Instrument 00985 Wireless Refrigerator Freezer Thermometer
Customer Review: Works reasonably well.
Summary: 4 Stars
Despite serious flaws in the product's ability to monitor its own health, it is still useful.
I've been operating two sensors in one deep freeze for nearly a month now. Both of them worked straight out of the box and seem to be well calibrated. I'm using lithium batteries since my temperatures generally run between -18 Fahrenheit and zero Fahrenheit. I have the monitor mounted magnetically on the freezer since the wireless transmission range is poor given the metal freezer and a wall or two. Since the freezer is placed in a garage it is sufficient to have the alarm located with the freezer since the garage gets a lot of use and it's still loud enough to hear from our kitchen. The magnets on the back of the display are great since it makes installation trivial. The display literally looks like it could be part of the freezer since the color matches so well.
The sensors are a bit bulky for use in a freezer. The suction cups won't work in the cold, and I can see no point in clipping the sensor to something. I keep the sensors near the top of the chest freezer where the temperatures run warmest. If the sensor goes off line (for example if the battery is removed or dies) the display will show an error but there will be no audible alarm nor could I discover any way of clearing the error short of removing batteries from both sensors as well as the display to reset the entire system. This is a very poor design. There is no reason why the software in the display couldn't generate an audible alarm if a sensor times out. Furthermore, changing batteries shouldn't necessitate resetting the entire system.
The minimum and maximum temperatures are quite useful since it may take hours for a freezer to go through a cycle. It's also nice to know how warm your food actually got during a failure. The ability to choose your minimum and maximum temperatures works in 1? increments and is just what I would expect.
I run another piece of temperature monitoring equipment which also uses the same frequency. Something around 400 MHz. It presents no interference issues with WiFi or typical cordless telephones.
In summary, I like the fact that the system runs off of batteries since it will continue to monitor temperature despite a power failure which even a high-end freezer is unlikely to do. I like the fact that there are no cables to affect the seal on the freezer. The alarm goes off if the temperature threshold is exceeded until it is cleared, which is appropriate. The main drawbacks to the system are the fact that the battery can fail, or a sensor could fail and no alarm is raised, the entire system has to be reset when changing batteries in a sensor, and the wireless range is pretty poor.
Description of Chaney Instrument 00985 Wireless Refrigerator Freezer Thermometer
The Chaney Instrument 00985 Wireless Refrigerator Freezer Thermometer comes with programmable temperature alarms for your fridge and freezer Wireless Digital Refrigerator/ Freezer Thermometer features an audible and visual alarm when temperatures exceed your pre-set minimum and maximum selection. Chaney Instrument 00985 Wireless Refrigerator Freezer Thermometer Features: Audible and visual alarms when temperatures exceed your pre-set minimum and maximum selection Remote sensors are equipped with spring action clips to secure inside regrigerator or freezer. Suction cups included Main unit equipped with a fold out stand and magnets on back of unit Temperature range -4 degF to 158 degF with alkaline batteries, -22 degF to 158 degF with lithium batteries (not included) select ?C or ?F for displayed temperatures Main unit, 2 AAA batteries Refrigerator unit, 2 AA batteries Freezer unit, 2 AA batteries Main unit dimensions: 2-5/16"H x 5-7/8"W x 1" Thick Remote sensor dimensions: 4 1/8"H x 1 3/8"W x 13/16" ThickSmall Appliances
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