Powers knocked out! - Page 2

burrows14 · #11 11-19-2009, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by freddy

Battery backup,from canadian tire,ran my heater ,skimmer, aquaclear 500 and a powerhead for 6 hours last winter,tank saver

I think I'm gonna invest in one of these this weekend. It would be a great idea for both my car and most importanly my tank lol

cheers
Ray

whatcaneyedo · #12 11-19-2009, 02:59 AM

I recall a person in Burns Lake keeping their tank alive without power for several days during the winter of 2007. They apparently wrapped it in sleeping bags to insulate it and heated tank water on the BBQ.

megs_clark · #13 11-19-2009, 03:35 AM

My power went out the other night, and after a few hours in the middle of the night my battery back up power thingy went out to. My tank had no power from about 4 in the morning till 3 in the afternoon. My temp dropped to 72. When it hit 75 my anemone started creeping around, i dont know if he was looking for warmth or for some water circulation, but he looked good still. Everything held up fine. Thankfully i dont have to much in my tanks, but what i do have didnt seem to notice. I have monti caps, a birds nest, some zoas and a handfull of lps and my anemone, and clowns. I think our tanks are more resiliant then we think, and i wouldnt stress to much, especialy a tank your size, it will probably take alot longer for your temp to start dropping then mine.

howdy20012002 · #14 11-19-2009, 04:03 AM

Corals and fish are quite often are in bags without anything but the water for up to 48 hours at a time without many problems.
As far as I am concerned, a few hours without power should not be a big problem as long as the temperature doesn't drop a lot.
just my opinion
Neal

Mrfish55 · #15 11-19-2009, 02:57 PM

My power went out just before 6 last night, came back on just before 4 this morning, my back up back up gen (yes I have 2) died an hour in (first one broke the pull cord 2 pulls in!)and the battery back up died shortly there after, basically everything that could go wrong did. Temps dropped to 72, things are looking seriously stressed this morning, have to wait it out and see over the next few days. Anybody out there that works for Hydro, THANK-YOU for working so hard to get power restored, that was some nasty wind and rain here!

cprowler · #16 11-19-2009, 03:09 PM

Our power was out for about 45 min last night and 3 or so hours on Monday night.

I have a generator I got from Costco a few years ago for $300 and it works great, I can run the tank and half the house.

danny zubot · #17 11-19-2009, 03:41 PM

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Lol I have an electric hot water tank but I have a gas range!!

At least you can still heat up the water on the stove.

We have power outages here in the Koots from time to time. I don't worry about my tank too much, until the power comes back on. Then it's go time to make sure my overflow is going to work properly.

icecool217 · #18 11-19-2009, 03:43 PM

For those that uses battery backups, what unit do you use?I am looking to get a decent one without having to pay an arm and a leg for it. Heard good things about the Motomaster 600A power booster but want to see what other ones are available out there, esp a unit that can kick in instantly when I am not at home.

marie · #19 11-19-2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Mrfish55

My power went out just before 6 last night, came back on just before 4 this morning, my back up back up gen (yes I have 2) died an hour in (first one broke the pull cord 2 pulls in!)and the battery back up died shortly there after, basically everything that could go wrong did. Temps dropped to 72, things are looking seriously stressed this morning, have to wait it out and see over the next few days. Anybody out there that works for Hydro, THANK-YOU for working so hard to get power restored, that was some nasty wind and rain here!

My power was back on by 10:00.... living in the middle of town does have its perks

Black Phantom · #20 11-19-2009, 04:01 PM

Picked this one up from Canadian Tire. A little more expensive but it will run my big pump for over 6 hours. Thats plenty of time to get the generator going if I need it.
I don't worry about heat loss as I made some panels out of rigid pink styrofoam that I can strap to the tank to keep it warm. A pretty cheap insurance policy.
The nice part about these is the switch is instant so nothing has to restart.

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows...1%252C800W.jsp