In our last post, we talked about the risks using a meat freezer. The key point was that freezers can fail, and meat freezers may contain hundreds of dollars worth of food. So how can you prevent losing all of this food and money? One way is to add an alert to your eGauge! Alerts can be set to trigger for many reasons, but if you want one to alert you when a freezer fails, you can use something like this:

Replacing home appliances is never without some cost. Buying a new clothes washer or dryer takes time and money, and all the while you have smelly clothes piling up, just waiting to be washed. Even though replacing appliances like these can be a pain, it’s easy to tell when they have failed. There are some appliances that fail silently and when that happens it can cost you a bundle. These are the appliances in the far reaches of your home, the ones that don’t get used on a daily basis. A meat freezer is a good example of this type of appliance.