[Nhcoll-l] Monitoring system for -80°C freezer

[Elizabeth Wommack]

Hi Gabriela,

The UWYMV has -80 upright freezers and we use the SensoScientific monitoring system: https://www.sensoscientific.com/en-us/.
They have different options for different problems, and we recently just purchased an ambient room temperature sensor to keep track of ambient fluctuations in our freezer room, as well as the sensors we have inside the freezers. We were able to add it to the same system as the freezer nodes, and I can access the temperature readings and alarm system from online or an app on my phone. I like the customization of who and what type of alarms they can get. I'm able to add in multiple different people as back-ups. It's saved us a couple of times.

cheers,
Beth Wommack


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Gabi

Here at the BI we have three -80 chest freezers (all supplied by Thermo Fisher) along with our three liquid nitrogen dewars and they are all connected to a Johnson Controls (formerly TYCO, formerly ADT) alarm system using the provided connection points at the rear of the freezer.  This monitors high temperature (above -50°F) and power failure signals and then automatically calls a call lost we have set up in the system with both home and work numbers for 7 or 8 key personnel associated with the resources.  They continue to call until they reach a physical person who can respond to the alarm and check up afterwards to ensure that all is back to normal.  The liquid nitrogen dewars also have 4 alarms - high temp, low level, high level and battery backup that function similarly.  We also have an oxygen sensor in the Genetic Resources Facility connected to the same system.  This gives us 19 "zones" that are monitored across the facility.

Besides the company takeovers that have happened and associated changes required we have been very happy with the system we have in place and it has never failed us in cases of minor emergencies (power failures, freezer failure, LN2 supply tanks empty).

Happy to provide more information if it would be helpful.

Andy


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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Monitoring system for -80°C freezer


Hi everyone,



If you have a -80°C freezer at your institution, which monitoring system (temp., power outage, etc.)  are you using and would you recommend it?



Please feel free to contact me directly.



Thanks!

-Gabriela Hogue



Gabriela M. Hogue

Collections Manager, Ichthyology

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

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