• glimse@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    How the heck would you automate it? Wiring directly to the buttons in the freezer? I don’t have solar yet but it’s an interesting idea to remember

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      4 days ago

      The fridge has wifi and an app for all those times when you’re on the road and feel the urge to change your fridge/freezer settings. I haven’t used it yet and am hesitant to let it go online. But I’m hoping I can still connect the fridge to my wifi locally and control it that way. From there I hope If (sunny) (set freezer to -24C) ELSE (set freezer to -18C) will work.

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        4 days ago

        Ahh I forgot about wifi. Yeah I’d be hesitant, too. Did you check the home assistant site to see if someone’s done it before?

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          4 days ago

          Had a quick look and it seems to be easy if I take the fridge online, that would be a deal breaker so will need to do some digging about just keeping it connected locally