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11-17-2006, 07:53 PM
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Yikes, we had a some client's tanks with no power but luckily two of them had a generator to hook up to. We are not sure how long the power was out on the other tank, but everything seems to have pulled through with only minor stress. Its a good reason to stock the tanks lightly!
If people cant afford one of those back-up power supplies, I suggest hunting down some battery-powered air pumps. I know you can get them at Petcetra. They are noisy as hell but will provide airation and flow to a tank in time of need.  -Diana 
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11-17-2006, 08:39 PM
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I bought the big Battery pack from Canadian tire as well, the one with the wheels, unfortunately I cannot find it on their website. Anyways.. I was running a Tunze 6060 on it for over 12 hrs and it only dropped 1 notch on the power scale. So.. it was a beauty! I didn't use it for the heater as the heater just sucks up the juice. Instead I swapped out 3 large zip lock bags of hot hot water every 1 hr or so. Kept my temp at 80 the entire 48 hrs of this mess.
My regards to those that lost stuff. My tank seems good.. a few stressed corals maybe.. but my tank is doing crappy as it is. Good news is I fixed my TV and the DVD players seems to be just a fuse. I tested the generator at work today with a volt meter, was producing over 220volts at one point. So, needless to say.. stay away from the D & J power - DJ950 generators.. They say there is a regulator on it, but if there is its not working. Hopefuly the guy I bought it from pulls through and gives my money back.. Looking to get a Honda Generator now.
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11-17-2006, 09:20 PM
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http://www.canadiantire.ca/browse/pr...romSearch=true It's not a UPS however, is it? In other words....one has to be there to "fire" it up, correct? It's not an automatic reserve that is otherwise passive to the house circuitry? Thanx much,
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Mark. Last edited by Johnny Reefer; 11-17-2006 at 09:30 PM.
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11-17-2006, 10:14 PM
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Test
OK Chad and Anthony
I propose each of you conduct tests with your respective Canadian Tire bought units and use your most efficient powerhead in terms of power consumption and water movement (aka Tunze) and give everyone an approximate time that the charge lasted to keep the powerhead running. Things to note should be something like as follows: Power Unit - model and make Powerhead used - model, make, watts rating Length of time - hours and minutes If you could do the test for us and let us know the results. I also know the battery pack unit that Anthony has can be recharged by plugging into the cigarette lighter. If you could let us know how long it takes to charge it up with the cigarette lighter.
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11-17-2006, 10:48 PM
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Unfortunately I sold my Tunze (too powerful for 3' long tanks). I have Seio 1500s, but I think I would plug in my 4.5w Hagen Maxima air pumps for the fw & the Seios (26w) or Maxijets (20w) on the sw. I also have another spare Maxima so if it looks like a long outage, I'll plug that in instead for circulation. Our central heating system is natural gas so hopefully that will still work & I won't need to worry about temperature.
My Motomaster Eliminator is the 300 amp version, not the 1200 amp like Chad's. I think for you guys (Chin & TomR), the 1200 amp version would be best, but I got mine on special (1/2 price) so that's why I went with the 300 amp one. I also had another small battery pack & I will be picking up the battery operated air pumps for back up to my back up  Chin, if you want to test it out on your Tunze, you're welcome to borrow it. Anthony
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11-17-2006, 10:48 PM
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Yes, that is the one. No, it is not a UPS. However, my friend is making a little device for me, so that it is a UPS. I will have my Tunze connected to it for any future power outages, the supply will simply switch when the power disconnects and disconnect when the power is restored. A few dollars in parts.. for worry free reefkeeping I also use a smaller Eliminator Power Box, and a 300w Inverter that I used with my Deep Cell boat battery. I am pretty well prepared. So long as someone is home to connect stuff. Chin, I will run a test and see how long it lasts. I meant to do that test a while ago but forgotten about it. FYI, its not worth hooking up a heater, they will drain the battery quickly. The hot bags of water was perfect. Of course, I had a gas heater so.
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11-18-2006, 06:48 AM
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Finally Power is back on! After over 60 hours of no power. I took this opportunity to change my substrate, so i now have a 1.5 inch fine sand substrate which is much better than my crushed coral substrate. But going to the LFS really brightened up my take on the incodent. I will start the building process soon! I still have my Blue Linkia Star and my pink and blue spotted shrimp gobie.(but no shrimp). I appreciate the ideas of this thread. Anthony I will give you a call I am coming back to town tomorrow.
KRis
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11-18-2006, 07:01 AM
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11-25-2006, 06:38 AM
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any update
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any update to this testing? that unit looks like a monster.
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