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06-16-2009, 08:24 AM
|  | Member | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Milford
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Originally Posted by CrustaceanNut this is the best investment you can make on a budget comes on when the power goes off and it will stay running for at least 24 hrs | I'm with you here, Jeff. I have two for each tank and one for each sump. A couple of years ago a buddy brought his air pump over and saved my dying mother clown that still lives and lays eggs. I have these hooked up to a ups so when the maxi jet runs out, the air pump kicks in.
I change the batteries in these once a year and make sure they're higher than the water they're helping so they won't siphon.
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06-16-2009, 10:21 AM
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Battery powered air pumps(i have 6 of them) and 4 space blankets. My tank is in the basement and it is 60 degrees all year around so when the power goes out I am fighting to keep the tank warm but the space blankets work great! I also worry about my drains picking back up when the power goes back on. They do not seem to do that without some help and I dont know why!!!
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06-16-2009, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by snoborder I also worry about my drains picking back up when the power goes back on. They do not seem to do that without some help and I dont know why!!! | I think this is a good thing to work on, start a thread in the...the...well I don't know where but I would love to help.
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06-16-2009, 03:20 PM
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If you have access to the August online issue of TFH, check out the "Letters to the Editor" for an interesting comment on using a UPS during a power outage...
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06-16-2009, 06:00 PM
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Generator for the whole house I only wish it was natural gas powered with an auto trip start. I've used it int he summer and the winter. It's paid for itself already with just a couple of outages. No hotels, no loast food, no lost fish, working from home snowed in running on generator is priceless.
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06-16-2009, 07:13 PM
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Be careful on what you run off a cheaper generator or inverter, the power is not the same as plugging it in.... definetly worth keeping things alive, but there is a lot of stuff that does not like "dirty power." A generator or inverter that makes clean power is normally quite a bit more expensive than the cheaper ones you can pick up. I don't have a lot of experiace personally, but I have heard things.... anyone know from personal experiance?
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06-16-2009, 08:53 PM
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I have all my av equipment on a power conditioner. Good to have one even without a generator in my opinion.
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06-16-2009, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by fishtal If you have access to the August online issue of TFH, check out the "Letters to the Editor" for an interesting comment on using a UPS during a power outage... | This doesn't sound good, Tal. Did I shoot myself in the foot again by buying these?
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06-18-2009, 08:55 AM
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You can always have a surge surpressor installed in your electrical panel. It's regulates the voltage. Don't have to worry about dirty power then.
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11-18-2009, 11:53 AM
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Cold weather is coming, thought I would revive the topic.
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11-18-2009, 12:28 PM
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I use a cup. Every 20 minutes and mix the water around and pour it back into the tank for about 5 minutes. Haven't lost a fish, but it does get stupid.
In the past i've used a power converter from the van to power the tank. It works well.
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11-18-2009, 04:10 PM
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Battery backup for a vortech.
or get a computer UPS.
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11-20-2009, 07:40 PM
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paint mixer and a battery operated drill. takes care of those stupid damsels too.
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11-20-2009, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by mf2055  paint mixer and a battery operated drill. takes care of those stupid damsels too. | Now that is funny.  |
11-27-2009, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by CrustaceanNut this is the best investment you can make on a budget comes on when the power goes off and it will stay running for at least 24 hrs | X2!
First thing I bought when I set the saltwater tank back up. The thing is off until it detects a power outage then goes on for you.
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