▲ 188 ▼ Why do my LG smart fridge and my GE washer and dryer all have DNS servers? And is there a way I can control them without the manufacturer's miserable apps? (lemmy.radio) submitted 1 year ago by early_riser@lemmy.radio to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world 76 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) Home brewers are looking at you very oddly right now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] southernbrewer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) Yep my beer fridge is exactly this :) Home brewers just set the fridge thermostat as cold as it goes and set the temp externally by turning the power off when it's cold enough. Not sure i'd drill a hole into my nice-looking kitchen fridge though. Probably rather than connect it to WiFi, but... I don't currently see a need to connect it to wifi anyway? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago* We use a kegerator so the probes just run through the pre-drilled hole for the gas. But really the cables are so thin a standard door seal would close over them I can see where a temp would be useful to detect failure , but a power draw monitor would do the same permalink fedilink source parent [–] claude_flammang@dju.social 2 points 1 year ago @southernbrewer I‘m not a Home brewer but three of our fridges get the same treatment as their primitive „thermostats„ are so crappy. Two simply were either too cold or not cold enough with a ridiculous amount of variation while the third one, an outdoor fridge-freezer combo has the thermostat in the fridge compartment and during cool nights sees no need to cool while the freezer compartment gets close to thawing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] southernbrewer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) Yep my beer fridge is exactly this :) Home brewers just set the fridge thermostat as cold as it goes and set the temp externally by turning the power off when it's cold enough. Not sure i'd drill a hole into my nice-looking kitchen fridge though. Probably rather than connect it to WiFi, but... I don't currently see a need to connect it to wifi anyway? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago* We use a kegerator so the probes just run through the pre-drilled hole for the gas. But really the cables are so thin a standard door seal would close over them I can see where a temp would be useful to detect failure , but a power draw monitor would do the same permalink fedilink source parent [–] claude_flammang@dju.social 2 points 1 year ago @southernbrewer I‘m not a Home brewer but three of our fridges get the same treatment as their primitive „thermostats„ are so crappy. Two simply were either too cold or not cold enough with a ridiculous amount of variation while the third one, an outdoor fridge-freezer combo has the thermostat in the fridge compartment and during cool nights sees no need to cool while the freezer compartment gets close to thawing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago* We use a kegerator so the probes just run through the pre-drilled hole for the gas. But really the cables are so thin a standard door seal would close over them I can see where a temp would be useful to detect failure , but a power draw monitor would do the same permalink fedilink source parent
[–] claude_flammang@dju.social 2 points 1 year ago @southernbrewer I‘m not a Home brewer but three of our fridges get the same treatment as their primitive „thermostats„ are so crappy. Two simply were either too cold or not cold enough with a ridiculous amount of variation while the third one, an outdoor fridge-freezer combo has the thermostat in the fridge compartment and during cool nights sees no need to cool while the freezer compartment gets close to thawing. permalink fedilink source parent