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Originally Posted by piusma
I use a tripp-lite inverter, one that is similar to this
Tripp-lite inverter
It's an inverter and at the same time a charger for a car battery. I hook up a deep cycle battery to it and run 2 Tunze DC powerheads to it. It also powers my Aqua controller and my router/cable box. It'll run for about 4 hours. I choose to use this inverter because I could switch out the battery if it stops working and it out perform a regular UPC when it comes to efficiency. However the inverter + battery did cost a little over $450 but it is very reliable.
Steven |
This looks like a pretty good bang for the buck since it's inverter/charger combined. They don't state clearly in the specs whether it's pure sine wave but from the other info provided and price per watt, I'm pretty sure it is. The advantage of DC pumps like Tunze and VorTech in power outage situations can not be overstated. Since they use DC from the get go, you don't even need an inverter, just a battery, the appropriate connector and Bob's your uncle. No matter how efficient an inverter is, there's always some power lost through the DC to AC conversion process. I've even considered looking into a DC return pump for when I set up a sump.... if I ever get around to that.