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Sounds good.

For one-offs, my habit is to optimise my time rather than components.

I'd steal power from the heater supply, wired to a 5V SMPS if stolen
at AC line voltage, or some other converter if stolen from a low
voltage, and run an esp8266 or esp32 module with an optional ds18b20.

On my main server I'd script something that would ping the node at 8pm
and report if it was missing.  Or it could be an esp8266 at bedside.

Another way is to store the block heater power supply next to your
bed.  Repeated inconvenience of forgetting gradually reinforces
remembering.

--

Amazing the problems you wintering folks have to put up with!  Our
first for the season extreme heatwave forecast this weekend,

http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/heatwave/

.... where "extreme" means failure of infrastructure; liquid roads,
flat tyres, engines overheating, transmission line protection trips,
babies kept indoors, dead pets, rains of dead birds,

.... it is time to put the candles and medications in the fridge, not
leave the butter out, and watch the kangaroos shelter under trees.

.... still pondering best way to put aluminium foil on windows.

--=20
James Cameron
http://quozl.netrek.org/
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