power outages

[Craigdillman]

ok thanks! good to know never thought of the adding battery feature

[Craigdillman]

http://www.duracellpower.com/backup-...rpack-600.aspx

Was looking at this one but the moto master might be a bit cheaper

[donkey77]

wow great responses
thanks everyone

[neoh]

what do I do in the event of a power outage?

panic of course.

Generators are good to have. They are kind of like a gun. It's better to have one and not need it, then to need one and not have it.

[Son Of Skyline]

I use an air pump powered by two D batteries and an air stone. Moves a surprising amount of water in my 36" 70gal tank when I drop the stone right in the centre of the tank.

[kien]

I picked up one of these little portable generators from Canadian Tire.



My advice to everyone who plans to have a tank long term is to definitely get one. DO NOT wait until you NEED one to get one. I got extremely lucky but chances are that if you're out looking for one when you NEED one, there are probably dozens if not hundreds of people doing the exact same thing! It wasn't that expensive either, $399 for a 1200/1500 watt generator. That was a small price to pay compared to the cost of replacing my entire tank!

Something else that helped me recently was a 1200watt UPS battery backup. Also very handy and recommended.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Yup, have a generator in my closet & even got one for my father-in-law. Also have a UPS and a couple of battery packs from CT.

Anthony