Replacements for power outage losses are here!

steve1088 · Post by **steve1088** » 22 Feb 2007, 23:41

After losing all of my fish from a 9 day power outage, I finally got some replacements in yesterday. Here's what I picked up.
L333 X 3
L25
L273
L90
L200
L264 X 2
L114

All for $110. It's good to have something to look at in my tanks again.

kcmt01 · Post by **kcmt01** » 23 Feb 2007, 01:19

Uninterrupted power supplies (UPS) meant for computers are quite reasonable nowadays... I would imagine the heater would be the biggest amp draw. If you bought one for the pump & light and one for the heater, you should be able to get by without electricity for a couple of days. The worst part would be the beeping alarm. I have a 600 watt power inverter in my van (I have a computer repair company and need 115 volts sometimes)and I know you can buy 1KW models. This might be a better solution than a UPS because you could charge an auto battery with jumper cables. Just keep switching batteries. And the alarm wouldn't go off until the battery got low.

kcmt01 · Post by **kcmt01** » 23 Feb 2007, 01:47

One more thing, if you use batteries and an inverter, you will want to use deep cycle marine batteries, NOT auto batteries. You can use a couple at a time, hooked up in parallel.

steve1088 · Post by **steve1088** » 23 Feb 2007, 03:01

I needed something bigger. Outage was due to an ice storm. My house was down to 34F. I have a 5500 watt generator now which will be enough to provide power for all 10 tanks if anything like that happens again.

M@RS · Post by **M@RS** » 23 Feb 2007, 06:02

Sounds like you got a lot of great fish!

I am glad that you have a generator now, may your fish live long and happy lives!