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Fridge Light Verification Camera
A camera that lives inside your fridge and confirms the light goes off when the door closes.
€29,000
pledged of €20,000 goal
- Backers
- 480
- Funded
- 145%
- From
- €39
Backed by Rosa M., Callan P. and 478 others
Recently backed
- Rosa M. · Bologna ·
- Callan P. · Cork ·
- Theo H. · Freiburg ·
- Sanne K. · Rotterdam ·
- Marcus E. · Toronto ·
Story
The fridge light turns off when the door closes. Nobody checks. This camera checks, and files a report.
Eleven years without data
The Inventor assumed the light went off, the way everyone does, without ever confirming it. The Fridge Light Verification Camera ends the assumption. It clips to the upper shelf, watches the light through every closure, and reports back.
How it watches itself
A 12 mm module records the three seconds after each door closure. Because the one light it is built to watch cannot be trusted to light the scene, the unit carries its own infrared illuminator. The recording never leaves the unit; only the result does.
The report
Each closure produces one line in the app: light off, or light on. There is no summary, no trend, no weekly digest of your fridge's behaviour. Just the one fact, once per closure.
Timeline
In 4,100 logged closures during testing, across three units, the light went off every time. The Inventor calls this the first confirmed result in the field, since no one had previously checked in the field, or anywhere else.
| Module | 12 mm, shelf-clip or door-frame mount |
|---|---|
| Illumination | Infrared, self-contained |
| Operating range | 2 °C to 8 °C |
| Humidity | Up to 94% RH |
| Battery | 14 months at 30 door cycles a day |
| Recording window | 3 seconds after each closure |
| App report | Light off, or light on |
| Test result | 4,100 closures logged, light off every time |
Stretch goals
- €24,000A monthly report, emailed automatically(unlocked)
- €32,000A two-bay mount, for fridge and freezer together(not yet)
Rewards
Fridge camera
€39
One Fridge Light Verification Camera with its mount and an app pairing code.
- Ships to Domestic, Europe, Rest of world
- Est. delivery Jan 2027
- 310 claimed
Two-camera pack
€69
One camera for the fridge, one for the freezer, each filing its own report.
- Ships to Domestic, Europe, Rest of world
- Est. delivery Jan 2027
- 140 claimed
Inspection kit
€89
One camera, a probe thermometer, and a laminated card of expected closure times.
- 170 of 200 left
- Ships to Domestic, Europe, Rest of world
- Est. delivery Feb 2027
- 30 claimed
Add-ons
Add a Reward to your Cart first: Add-ons come with one.
- Spare mount clip€9
- Replacement infrared illuminator€12
Just support it
No Reward, only the satisfaction. With a Reward in your Cart, this adds to that Pledge as bonus support.
Updates
Past goal in six days
The campaign passed its funding goal within a week, and has now cleared the monthly-report stretch goal too. That report will be delivered automatically by email, monthly, without anyone needing to open the fridge to check.
Four thousand one hundred closures, zero surprises
Before launch we ran the camera through 4,100 logged door closures across three test units. The light went off every time. We are calling this the first confirmed result in the field, since nobody had checked before.
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Comments
Does it work on the freezer light too?
It works on any light behind a door that closes. The freezer counts.
Backed the inspection kit. My fridge light has never worried me until now.
What if the door doesn't close all the way?
Then the report says the light is on, correctly.
Backed the two-camera pack. Fridge and freezer, both accounted for.
Does the infrared light bother the food?
No. The food has not commented either way.
Eleven years is a long time to wonder about one bulb.
Picked up the shelf clip mount. Door-frame felt like it might get knocked.