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I also like the Govee products. While we are full-time RVing and Looping on our trawler, the contents of our home [sold it to make it easier to travel for now] are in a 16'x40' insulated, climate controlled room we built in a bay of our pole barn. I use a Govee temperature/hygrometer unit connected to the barn's wifi to let me monitor temperature and humidity levels from anywhere. It also allows me to set up high/low alarms which will let me know if things have strayed outside a safe range.

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For a simpler solution, go to a hardware store and pickup a garden / outdoor weatherstation. These come with up to 4 or 5 dangles which you put wherever you want in your rig. Ours, main station for inside conditions, one in fridge, one in freezer, one in battery compartment and if you want, one outside.

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I like to plug in an incandescent light bulb in my wet bay to a Thrrmo Cube like this one: Thermo Cube Model TC-3: Thermostatically Controlled Outlet - On at 35-Degrees/Off at 45-Degrees https://a.co/d/iLObSJC

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There is also Sensorpush which is smaller, uses very long lasting Li battery and has WiFi connection thru it's gateway. I have several of these and the Govee sensors in my RV and other places. If you want to have a control unit, an inexpensive terrarium heater control and battery heating pad and small inverter can do the job and be controllable, since the cube has fixed on off points. Just some ideas.

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I have this unit so I can use an electric heater in the rv or in the underbelly to warm either up. This unit will give you the temp remotely which you can adjust from inside the rv. I set the heater in the underbelly to medium or high based on weather report projected lows. Electricity comes on at the preset low and off at the preset high. Only drawback is you have to have 120v power where you place the outlet unit.

https://a.co/d/822ZT6y

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Instead of just monitoring it why not make it automatically fix itself. Thermo Cube Model TC-3: Thermostatically Controlled Outlet - On at 35-Degrees/Off at 45-Degrees. I found this on Amazon for $14. Plug it in in the bay. Plug your 100Watt lightbulb into it and done! Light comes on at 35 degrees and shuts off at 45 degrees. You could plug whatever heat source you want into it. It is rated for 15 amps. They make a full range of thermostatically controlled outlets (High temps to fun fans ect)

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I installed a Thermo Cube in a crawlspace under my dad’s house. There were water pipes running through it which would sometimes freeze. A pair of 100-watt lightbulbs on a Thermo Cube easily kept the pipes from freezing.

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