Chaney Instrument 00985 Wireless Refrigerator Freezer Thermometer | 
| Brand: Chaney
Buy New: $29.95
New (2) from $29.95
Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 18966
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 8 x 1.8
MPN: 00985
Model: 00985
UPC: 072397009850
EAN: 0072397009850
ASIN: B000P55SN4
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Audible and visual alarms when temperatures exceed your pre-set minimum and maximum selection | | • | Remote sensors are equipped with spring action clips to secure inside regrigerator or freezer. Suction cups included | | • | Main unit equipped with a fold out stand and magnets on back of unit | | • | Temperature range -4 degF to 158 degF with alkaline batteries, -22 degF to 158 degF with lithium batteries (not included) | | • | Main Unit (2 AAA Batteries) Remotes (2 AA Batteries) |
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Product Description
The Chaney Instrument 00985 Wireless Refrigerator Freezer Thermometer comes with programmable temperature alarms for your fridge and freezer
Wireless Digital Refrigerator/ Freezer Thermometer features an audible and visual alarm when temperatures exceed your pre-set minimum and maximum selection.
Chaney Instrument 00985 Wireless Refrigerator Freezer Thermometer Features: - Audible and visual alarms when temperatures exceed your pre-set minimum and maximum selection
- Remote sensors are equipped with spring action clips to secure inside regrigerator or freezer. Suction cups included
- Main unit equipped with a fold out stand and magnets on back of unit
- Temperature range -4 degF to 158 degF with alkaline batteries, -22 degF to 158 degF with lithium batteries (not included)
- select C or F for displayed temperatures
- Main unit, 2 AAA batteries
- Refrigerator unit, 2 AA batteries
- Freezer unit, 2 AA batteries
- Main unit dimensions: 2-5/16"H x 5-7/8"W x 1" Thick
- Remote sensor dimensions: 4 1/8"H x 1 3/8"W x 13/16" Thick
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| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
 It's Perfect In Every Way, Except It Doesn't Work! September 11, 2008
M. Pickering (MI, USA)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
After having one of our refrigerators freeze up and go out on us recently, we had water all over the floor and we lost quite a bit of food products. As we do not spend much time in the area where this refrigerator is, we had no idea it had gone out for quite some time. After purchasing a new refrigerator/freezer, we didn't want to take the chance of another disaster like this, so we searched for a thermometer and alarm system that would allow for an external display with separate internal temperature sensors for the refrigerator and freezer compartments. Every site we checked pointed to the Chaney 00985 Wireless Refrigerator Freezer Thermometer, so we eagerly ordered one. We also picked up a 4-pack of Lithium AA batteries to power the remote sensors.
Setup instructions for the Chaney 00985 thermometer are very simple and easy to follow. I had the batteries installed, and the sensors in place in less than 10 minutes. We decided to utilize the magnetic mounting of the receiver, and stuck it directly to the outside of the refrigerator door. Within a couple of minutes, the freezer sensor registered with the receiver, showing a temperature of 58 F. I knew the freezer was no higher than zero degrees, but I figured it would likely take several minutes for the sensor to adjust to the drastic temperature change. Ten minutes later I checked again and the freezer was still showing 58 F and the refrigerator sensor still hadn't registered with the receiver. After waiting an hour, the freezer temp showed 52 F and the refrigerator finally registered but showed a temp of 67 F. WOW, how crazy is that? I removed the batteries and started over. This time both sensors registered within the first 10 minutes, but after an hour they were still showing in the 50s and 60s.
Over the course of several hours we changed the location of the receiver and sensors, and I even went out and purchased a new set of batteries (at nearly $10.00 for a 4-pack of lithium AAs). Many times the sensors wouldn't register with the receiver at all, unless I had them extremely close together (I'm talking within one foot of each other). The only way I could get this product to work is if I took the remote sensors out of the refrigerator and freezer compartments and placed them right next to the receiver. I am not exaggerating at all here folks, the sensors had to be literally within inches of the receiver in order to register and provide fairly accurate temperature readings. It eventually became clear to me that this product will not work at all with the sensors in the refrigerator and freezer compartments at all. Isn't this supposed to be the whole purpose of this product, to measure the internal temperatures of a refrigerator and freezer?
I don't know if our new refrigerator/freezer came with some sort of doors that the signal could not penetrate, but obviously this product would not work for us and I feel that the wireless signal they use is extremely poor. Amazon was great about letting me return this device, but now my wife and I cannot find any other wireless device to replace it with. There are a couple of others on the market, but they receive rather poor ratings as well and we are afraid to take a chance on them. I really, REALLY wanted to like the Chaney 00985 Wireless Refrigerator Freezer Thermometer. It looks awesome and the features of this product are exactly what we have been looking for. However, this device is obviously made of extremely poor quality, and I recommend that anyone who decides to purchase this product should keep the packaging and receipt handy, as it is likely you will end up needing to return it. I would gladly pay three times as much for this product if it would work reliably. In the meantime, if anyone knows of a product like this that is proven to work well, please let me know. Thank you.
 Very handy with kids around October 31, 2007
Jennifer Childs (Hillsboro, OR)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
We bought this alarm because we have young kids who love to be independent and help out by getting their own ice and food. Since our indoor freezer is a bottom pull-out, they can get into it easily. We also have an upright freezer in the garage. We had one week where a freezer was left open three times. This alarm has helped tremendously.
We are using both sensors in the two freezers. They come pre-programmed with min/max settings, one for the refrigerator and one for the freezer. It is very simple to change those settings though and the directions were clear.
I really like that it has a fifteen-minute delay before the alarm sounds. That is, the temperature has to be above the set point for 15 minutes before the alarm is triggered. That feature prevents false alarms when a 3-year old is having trouble deciding which ice cube is the perfect one for his juice.
I wish I had known that for freezer use you need to use lithium batteries (AA) as they work at lower temperatures versus alkaline. We didn't have any on hand and so had to wait to install the units. Extra trips to the store are a pain and I would have just ordered 4 (2 for ea) when I bought the unit if I had known.
Chaney Monitor August 25, 2007
The Mile-High City (Denver, CO)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Purchased to monitor 2 freezers that are 60 feet apart. Though the manufacturer says that the display can be as far as 100 feet from the sensors I find that with intervening walls and doors the distance is reduced to about 40 feet. Found a convenient location half-way between both freezers and all works well. A great temperature monitoring system that can be used to monitor 2 freezers, 2 refrigerators or 1 of each.
 works pretty well, but I wish they'd told me a few things February 4, 2008
Chef Leo (Maryland, USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I lost a freezer full of food recently when my freezer conked out temporarily. I searched the Net and came up with this device, which seemed reasonably priced. It's set up in my kitchen, with the fridge perhaps 10 feet away and the freezer right underneath the wall where I mounted the display, so no problem with getting data at a distance. However, I didn't know that the freezer sensor would need lithium batteries, so I had to go out and get them, and they ain't cheap. Then, for some unexplained reason, I get error readings from the fridge thermometer once or twice a day, though it always returns to normal. If not for these flaws, I'd have given it five stars. It should still serve its intended purpose, though, and give me warning when my freezer or fridge does something flaky.
You WILL need a lithium battery for the freezer November 3, 2007
Tim Brannon (Dallas, TX United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have the receiver unit about 15 feet away from the senders in the refrigerator/freezer. I tried it about 45 feet and it did NOT work. The freezer transmitter did require a lithium battery from Radio Shack before it worked, but this should be expected.
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