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Fridge door Alarm

This schema, enclosed into a small box, is placed in the fridge near the lamp (if any) or the opening. With the door closed the interior of the fridge is in the dark, the photo resistor R2 presents a high resistance (>200K) thus clamping IC1 by holding pin 12 high. When a beam of light enters from the opening, or the fridge lamp illuminates, the photo resistor lowers its resistance (<2k),>







Parts:

R1____________10K 1/4W Resistor
R2___________Photo resistor (any type)
R3,R4________100K 1/4W Resistors

C1____________10nF 63V Polyester Capacitor
C2___________100µF 25V Electrolytic Capacitor

D1,D2_______1N4148 75V 150mA Diodes

IC1___________4060 14 stage ripple counter and oscillator IC

Q1___________BC337 45V 800mA NPN Transistor

BZ1__________Piezo sounder (incorporating 3KHz oscillator)

SW1__________Miniature SPST slide Switch

B1___________3V Battery (2 AA 1.5V Cells in series)



Notes:

* Connecting D1 to pin 2 of IC1 will halve the delay time.
* Delay time can be varied changing C1 and/or R3 values.
* Any photo resistor type should work.
* Quiescent current drawing is negligible, so SW1 can be omitted.
* Place the schema near the lamp and take it away when defrosting, to avoid schema damage due to excessive moisture.
* Do not put this device in the freezer.