Powers knocked out!

[Lance]

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!

How's things looking now Dave?

[Mrfish55]

Originally Posted by Lance

How's things looking now Dave?

Not good, see the post on the 750 thread if I lose any of the big angels there will be a 750 for sale real cheap next week.

[marie]

Originally Posted by Mrfish55

Not good, see the post on the 750 thread if I lose any of the big angels there will be a 750 for sale real cheap next week.

Ok I offered my 60g cube for fish if you need it in your other thread but I have a sneaking suspicion your angels wouldn't be very comfortable in there

[Tom R]

Sorry to here of your misfortune. I hope all works out for you. Having local support from other REEFERS in the area (Marie & Lance) is important.

A couple of years ago when we had that major wind storm that took out all those trees in Stanley Park, a number of the local REEF NETWORK members goto together and discussed Disaster Planning. Many of us partnered off with 1 or 2 others who lived close together, who could support each other and share thew plan. There were a number of different plans discussed as the size of the systems required different plans.

My system being 525G required me to buy a generator capable of running my Amp Master main pump and 2 X 250W heaters. I set it up in September and test it for about 2 hours and then leave it in the ready mode hopping never to use it.

Your Generator should run your main circulation pump and at least a couple of heaters to be of any use.

A DISASTER PLAN is only good if you actually test it and it works. We have so much invested in our systems that running without a well tested DISASTER PLAN is very risky.

In a jam my Toyota Tacoma has a 400W inverter included in the box that I could use with the truck idling and an extension cord to the main circulation pump. Another good pump to use is a Tunze as they move a lot of water with very little wattage.

Tom R