UPS? Power shut off

[abcha0s]

Originally Posted by shingo43

Thanks, so how much will the temperature drop in 8 hours if no heater?
My current temperature is around 27C

Your temperautre will drop rapidly. It will reach ambient room temperature within an hour or two (max).

You didn't mention if your heating was electrical or gas? - If it is gas and you set your room temp at 25C then you won't need to worry about your temp. If it's electrical heating and the apartment drops to 15C, you could have a real problem.

You only need to worry about heating above the ambient room temp. Same principal as cooling in the summer. You can cool the tank, or you can cool the room.

- Brad

[cwatkins]

Do you have a gas fireplace? Just leave that on.

Alternately, I'd just get a UPS to run a power head and an air stone. Wrap the tank or use Home Depot foam insulation.

Also, you could increase the tank temperature by a degree so that it stays warmer longer?

[Kevotron]

or purchase a heat dish ~$30 from costco and point it directly at the tank.
should be warm enough to keep the temperature @ 25 degrees or so.

[hillegom]

You have to plug that heat dish in. He won't have power.
I would warm the room a couple of hours before.
get the battery operated air stone.
Use foam/blankets
Do not open windows or doors or use bathroom fans.

[Kevotron]

Originally Posted by hillegom

You have to plug that heat dish in. He won't have power.
I would warm the room a couple of hours before.
get the battery operated air stone.
Use foam/blankets
Do not open windows or doors or use bathroom fans.

Heh ! Thanks Hillegom...
if only i can delete that post :P
I would get an APC Back-UPS LS 700 ~$160 which capable of 400 watts
plug in a small power head/heater it will easily last 4-6 hrs ?

[apex82]

Definately need to spend $150 or more on a ups backup in order for it to power up a powerhead. I had one of those $65ish huge block apc ups and it couldnt even run a koralia 3 with it fully charged... Upgraded to a much beefier unit 1000 watts+ and it runs all pumps etc for over 60 minutes.

[abcha0s]

Originally Posted by apex82

Definately need to spend $150 or more on a ups backup in order for it to power up a powerhead. I had one of those $65ish huge block apc ups and it couldnt even run a koralia 3 with it fully charged... Upgraded to a much beefier unit 1000 watts+ and it runs all pumps etc for over 60 minutes.

I agree.

Just to add my tidbit of useless knowledge to the mix - the difference is the cheap units put out a square wave and the better units put out a sine wave. I've never tried it, but my guess is that a powerhead (or any pump) won't run on a square wave.

- Brad