What do you do for power back up?

[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!

[mseepman]

I have a Noma UPS from Canadian Tire and it will power my Tunze 6025 and my K4 for about 7 hours or more without trouble.

[mark]

nothing automatic but have but have a UPS and little generator available.

Plan is to add a small power head to the display (for surface agitation for aeration and circulation) and a heater that I normally use when mixing salt. I wouldn't be running my main basement return pump, Ca reactor, skimmer, heaters in my sump, lights etc.