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View Poll Results: Are you ready for a Power Outage?
I have a generator 21 32.31%
I use batteries and inverters 5 7.69%
I use UPS’s 8 12.31%
I don’t have anything in place 31 47.69%
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Old 12-08-2007, 11:42 PM
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Has anyone encounter any problems when running electronic ballasts and Aquacontrollers with a gas powered generator? i am thunking of buying this generator
The point of a disaster plan is not to run your entire system. It is to run a pump for circulation and some heat for the period of the power outage.

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Old 12-09-2007, 04:36 AM
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nope Im not ready ,but I should be
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Old 12-09-2007, 04:52 AM
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The point of a disaster plan is not to run your entire system. It is to run a pump for circulation and some heat for the period of the power outage.

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if you have the capability to run the whole tank, why not?

to answer the question.. if you get a inverter generator that uses a true sinewave inverter you can run anything and it will work properly, but they are a little more expensive, but hell whats 600 to 1000 bucks compared to all the money we have spend to rock, coral, fish, ect...

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