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Originally posted by Flash-LB:...

I guess you're not aware that if you pull out the on/off tabs, it'll work just fine for the application. I have one I've used for just this application for around 20 years.

Let's say it's 5PM and the power goes off. Then the power comes back on at 8PM. The timer here will start up from 5PM, so you go in at 10 pm, notice the clock says 7PM because power was off for 3 hours, and you know when power went off and when it came back on and how long it was off. Pretty trivial.

Any analog electric clock will do that, and be very obvious to see the time difference.

But neither it, nor the timer will tell you if you had several power outages of various times.

Since the OP did not give any specific "scenerio" of what the need for this information, my reply was to address that this device may provied a length of time, but not specific number and time of events and could be misleading.

Bad information is worse than no information in such cases.

As I stated, it wasn't about you being right or wrong, only that to provide information about the device to the OP to make an informed decision based on experience.

And second, to provide how it works, as in many cases the information of websites selling things leaves a lot to be desired on how some items operate.

Contrary to the blank look people often see when talking with me, I am aware. That's just my resting monkey face.

Oh, wait.... You can't see me.

Continue with your game of Trivial Pursuit.

Just put a block of cheese in the fridge,
cheese doesn't require power or batteries, you don't have to recharge Cheese, since it's cheese it doesn't have internet or cellular data requirements to work, cheap, easily replaced, and if all goes well, you can eat it...

Examples of data you get:

Cheese cold and mold free - Fridge is working
Cheese cold and has slight mold - Power may have gone out for a little bit
Cheese Cold and a lot of Mold - Power was probably out for quite a bit of time
Cheese not cold, covered with mold and fridge smells bad- power is out...

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Originally posted by straightshooter01:
Still not sure why you don't consider a smart device and just don't connect it to the internet since you dont have internet. Find a device that captures all the data you want and allows you to either read it from a built-in display or allow you to connect to a laptop or smart phone and read the information.

Something like this for example. Called a power switch data logger.
https://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html

Lot of features you dont need or use like remote power cycle but it logs power interruptions and logs can be read with a laptop.

I've got several CyberPower Battery Backup devices which log power outages (start and stop times). The logs can be read by connecting a computer to the USB port on the battery backup. This one is $50 at Costco. I wouldn't plug my fridge into it though, just have it somewhere in the house plugged in to an outlet subject to the same power outages as the fridge.

Got a spare cellphone and charger that still turns on but you’re no longer using? Looks like the iPhone “power failure & outage alarm” app might do what you want. Can’t tell if it requires a cellular connection or just an operational phone, but you could ask the developer about that. Something similar might exist for Android phones.

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Originally posted by shikemd:

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Originally posted by straightshooter01:
Still not sure why you don't consider a smart device and just don't connect it to the internet since you dont have internet. Find a device that captures all the data you want and allows you to either read it from a built-in display or allow you to connect to a laptop or smart phone and read the information.

Something like this for example. Called a power switch data logger.
https://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html

Lot of features you dont need or use like remote power cycle but it logs power interruptions and logs can be read with a laptop.

I've got several CyberPower Battery Backup devices which log power outages (start and stop times). The logs can be read by connecting a computer to the USB port on the battery backup. This one is $50 at Costco. I wouldn't plug my fridge into it though, just have it somewhere in the house plugged in to an outlet subject to the same power outages as the fridge.

Dang

I have several CyberPower UPS as well. I never bothered to install the software. But in looking over the software you are right it logs everything. Power outages, over voltage event, under voltage event, when they happened, how long they lasted and some other stuff. I am not clear if the UPS itself keeps these logs and the software can access the logs or if the software has to be running continuoulsy and the software prepares and keeps the logs.

I'd agree a clock or the intermatic timer will be the simplist solution. The timer with a little bit of simple arithmetic will tell you how long power has been out. The only downside is if it's a property not frequently visited you won't know if it was a single event or 6 events for 1/2 hour each.

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Originally posted by straightshooter01:

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Originally posted by shikemd:

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Originally posted by straightshooter01:
Still not sure why you don't consider a smart device and just don't connect it to the internet since you dont have internet. Find a device that captures all the data you want and allows you to either read it from a built-in display or allow you to connect to a laptop or smart phone and read the information.

Something like this for example. Called a power switch data logger.
https://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html

Lot of features you dont need or use like remote power cycle but it logs power interruptions and logs can be read with a laptop.

I've got several CyberPower Battery Backup devices which log power outages (start and stop times). The logs can be read by connecting a computer to the USB port on the battery backup. This one is $50 at Costco. I wouldn't plug my fridge into it though, just have it somewhere in the house plugged in to an outlet subject to the same power outages as the fridge.

Dang

I have several CyberPower UPS as well. I never bothered to install the software. But in looking over the software you are right it logs everything. Power outages, over voltage event, under voltage event, when they happened, how long they lasted and some other stuff. I am not clear if the UPS itself keeps these logs and the software can access the logs or if the software has to be running continuoulsy and the software prepares and keeps the logs.

Logs are kept on the UPS and can be accessed after the fact with a computer. For $50 I think this is your best bet.