Remote monitoring

[lsemmens]

I'm still away from home but son called in the other day and found that the power to my rumpus room was off. I suspect we had a power flick and the breaker tripped. Anyway that meant all the meat in my freezer was also off. (Insurance covered that). I got me thinking, can any of you suggest a device that can alert me if the power goes off and stays off. Normally my security would do that but the rumpus room is on a separate circuit which means that security comes back on when power is restored to the house, but not the rumpus room.

I just need something to advise me if the power has not been restored to the rumpus room when the rest of the power is back up.

[wotnot]

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[lsemmens]

Thanks for that, I've looked at that one and it is a subscription based service i.e. a monthly fee for monitoring. It's good at what it does but a little over the top for my needs
All I really need is something that (ideally) can connect via wifi (if the power in the house is also off, I'd know anyway) and/or set off an alarm/light inside the house. Many I looked at are battery backed and set off an audible alarm on the device. However, that is not going to work if the device is in a separate building. I suspect that I am going to have to build something simple myself when I get home.

[wotnot]

Ahh...didn't appreciate what you were after =) A simple circuit would do then (easypeasy) ...if you wanted to get clever, an UPS unit =)

[lsemmens]

Ill Probably just Get a relay and latch it on so that once it releases it won't re-energise without manual intervention. A simple enough circuit, I was hoping that something like that was already being marketed.

[wotnot]

[hoe]

just go to bunnings and buy a cheap grid connect plug in switch.

set the app to notify you if it goes offline.

[lsemmens]

That project, wotnot is almost exactly what I have designed in my mind to implement when I get home, two more weeks in Godzone, then back to the ice and snow "down south". The problem with the power monitor, Hoe, is that it requires power to work, if the power goes off, so does that. If the power goes off and comes back on again, I don't care! It's when it goes off ans STAYS off is where I have the problem.

[Reschs]

Just put a relay on your freezer and connect to your alarm system.
In a power failure to that circuit, the alarm will notify you.
If power returns the alarm zone will then reset.