What do you do for power back up?

[mike31154]

I also have the Penn Plax air pump as a backup. Power here is pretty reliable, I've experienced only one outage that lasted more than a few hours, so have been a bit lazy about planning a proper back up plan. During the outage I took the battery out of my car and hooked an inverter up to it. This allowed me to run a powerhead and my skimmer quite easily. I now have two VorTech pumps but no battery back up for them. Been planning to diy one with a deep cycle battery, but haven't gotten around to it.....