Anyone have suggestions on Battery Back up?

[paddyob]

Considering a battery back up for blackout events.


Anyone have suggestions on entry level kinda back up systems?

[paddyob]

Bump

[outacontrol]

well a little ups would work well for running your powerheads for several hours.
a 200 watt ups is about $70 at Canadian Tire, should go on sale just watch for it, should run an mp40 for 7 hours or more.

[Lampshade]

Watch out for computer UPS's, they are only ment to run for 2-3 minutes to allow an auto shutdown and quick save of files. They may have the correct rating and enough Amp Hours to run for awhile longer on your tank, however they don't have correct cooling to run that long and the transformer will melt through the case and cause a fire. There's some good youtube video's of this.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Lampshade

Watch out for computer UPS's, they are only ment to run for 2-3 minutes to allow an auto shutdown and quick save of files. They may have the correct rating and enough Amp Hours to run for awhile longer on your tank, however they don't have correct cooling to run that long and the transformer will melt through the case and cause a fire. There's some good youtube video's of this.

Suggestions????

[mark]

here's one of the many threads on the topic

[Lampshade]

I've been looking for a decent one, havn't seen the canadian tire on mentioned. Lots of Mods online that convert computer UPS's to long time ones using car battery's, that's what causes fires. Apperently it's safe if you use less than 50% the rating... but i still don't want to trust a house fire to that.

If i find anything i'll let you know, It'd be nice to have something for my return pump so that i can still cycle water.

[paddyob]

I agree.... we had a power outage last night and my heater is in the sump.... so I need something to run my heater and main pump for up to 4 hrs. I say 4 hrs because power is "USUALLY" not out for more than an hour.