Sad Sad Day Without Power

BCOrchidGuy · #1 12-12-2006, 04:36 AM

Sorry to hear Kris, I lost a lot of fish/corals from heat about 6 years ago, for some reason my basement temp went through the roof and my tank cooked. I got out of the hobby after than but am trying to get back into it now. Best of luck.

Doug

Mike Olson · #2 12-12-2006, 06:32 AM

I have a Honda EU 1000 and have used it extensively for camping for the past 3 yrs and I just finished using it to keep my Hammerhead recirc pump operational for the last three hours of no power...works great and the oil and gas are separate. I have metered it and it has never gone over 117 Volts.
Mike

Gujustud · #3 12-13-2006, 01:20 AM

Probably not the best for a big tank, but dell has a sale today only on a small battery backup unit:

http://accessories.dell.com/sna/prod...1&sku=A0543170

Only $29.

Chad · #4 12-13-2006, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Gujustud

Probably not the best for a big tank, but dell has a sale today only on a small battery backup unit:

http://accessories.dell.com/sna/prod...1&sku=A0543170

Only $29.

Not really worth it, certainly would not run a pump for very long. 300w and only runs for 3mins at full load.

Tom R · #5 12-17-2006, 03:36 AM

Well my Disaster plan works. After the last power outage 16.5 hours without a plan I new that I was extremely lucky to get through it with minor losses. I decided that the answer for me was a small generator. I found a small 950W generator for $169.00 (made in China) at the Army & Navy.

On Thursday at 3:00 Am our power went off for 3.5 hours. I quickly put my plan into effect. My new 950W generator started well and ran my main circulation pump (Ampmaster 3600)with out a problem for the period of the outage.

Tom R

woodcarver · #6 12-17-2006, 06:36 AM

Nice to hear ................good job

...................Dave

fishface · #7 12-17-2006, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom R

Well my Disaster plan works. After the last power outage 16.5 hours without a plan I new that I was extremely lucky to get through it with minor losses. I decided that the answer for me was a small generator. I found a small 950W generator for $169.00 (made in China) at the Army & Navy.

On Thursday at 3:00 Am our power went off for 3.5 hours. I quickly put my plan into effect. My new 950W generator started well and ran my main circulation pump (Ampmaster 3600)with out a problem for the period of the outage.

Tom R

Hey Tom, I'm curious if you've checked the voltage output of your generator for spikes seeing how Chad got seemingly huge variances of voltage outputs with his generator.

Chin_Lee · #8 12-17-2006, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom R

Well my Disaster plan works. After the last power outage 16.5 hours without a plan I new that I was extremely lucky to get through it with minor losses. I decided that the answer for me was a small generator. I found a small 950W generator for $169.00 (made in China) at the Army & Navy. Tom R

Tom, can you share with us how loud this generator was?

Tom R · #9 12-17-2006, 03:31 PM

I do not have a voltage meter to measure the spikes. If someone has a meter we can easily set it up and see what voltage spikes it puts out. I spoke to an electrician and his asvice was that the Ampmaster was a simple electrical motor and it should not have any problems with the power from the generator.

The generator was a bit loud. It is reported to be around 60 ds. It sounds a lot like a small dirt bike at idle. I am not sure it a different muffler would help.

Tom