Backups for Power Outtages

[blitzen25bm]

we just had a blackout the other day, especially in summer here in southern cali theres tons of them. **** wet/drys i like to fill my tanks a little higher than needed so i wont see the waterline behind the canopy but then if power goes out i get a little flooding action. get the battery backup air pump. most houses shouldn't get too cold during short poweroutages i just throw a heavy blanket over the tanks to be safe but most of my tanks are big so they take a while to cool down if theres little water movement.

 

[ianjoe]

Overkill I know, but we have one at my parents in northern wisconsin.......its nice.....

 

[mogurnda]

If you anticipating a prolonged outage, you could look at a solar recharger and hope that you only have outages on clear days.

Dunno about you, but we only get long outages during storms.

 

[ewok]

Originally posted by RClarkofNC
Heater are high wattage items, but remember that they don't usually run continuously. So, if you have a 150 watt heater that runs half of the time, count it as a 75 watt continuous load when calculating battery drain.

that only works in warm weather, cold weather and house would shoot holes in that theory.

most of the ideas i could come up with have been posted already.....

 

[chefkeith]

To keep the water temp. more stable during a blackout, be ready to insulate the tanks with some sheets of stryofoam and duct tape.