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.....

[lastlight]

Truck idling and a really long extension cord. 400W plug in bed of truck.

[blacknife]

There are still people out from that storm, I am a powerlineman and we have been doing insane hours trying to get them back up.. really makes me glad i live in a bigger town and have never had excesive power outages.

and i do nothing though i think i should pick up a generator when i have some spare coin.

[viperfish]

You could always pick up one of these:

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows....jsp?locale=en

It seems to have mixed reviews but there is certainly enough power to keep the essentials running.

[Dyspnea]

I have a inverter and a long extension cord. That will run my powerheads and heaters for nearly as long as i need.

[Norstar]

Honda generator!

[cuz]

I use an inverter on my truck as well. Seemed to work well, kept the tank going for 5hrs as well as the coffee pot!