A different use for a Wyzecam: power outage monitor

! noticed that the scrollbar in the video playback neatly shows periods where no video was taken in white, versus blue where video was taken & stored to the sd card.
this can serve to provide see remotely when & how long power outages occurred, you can tell how for many hours the outage lasted (so you will know if your frozen goods are still safe)

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it is not affected by internet outages, as the wyzecam will still record to the sdcard.

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Yep, I have used mine for the same purpose - or more often, to confirm that power is either on or failed.

I realize there isn’t currently a way of being notified for a camera down event,

but is there ( maybe via Ifttt) a way of being notified for a camera back online event?
maybe using a combination of sensors?