Backup power - what you got?

[AquaAddict]

I have a 3 kilowatt generator that my husband plugs not only my 150 gal display tank, 75 gal refugium, 40 gal sump, 20 gal top off tank, and 65 gal freshwater set-up, he also plugs in our refrigerator, tv and an outlet to the next door neighbour.

In North Vancouver, I highly recommend a generator. We have used ours 3/4 times in 2/3 years.

AquaAddict

[whatcaneyedo]

I have two of those little battery air pumps that come on automatically if they sense a loss of power. That gives me lots of time to return home (assuming I'm out when it happens) and plug a couple essentials into a small generator. 225gal display, 100gal sump.

[1bigfish]

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

I have two of those little battery air pumps that come on automatically if they sense a loss of power. That gives me lots of time to return home (assuming I'm out when it happens) and plug a couple essentials into a small generator. 225gal display, 100gal sump.

Could you tell me where you bought the battery air pump from? Thanks

[WarDog]

Originally Posted by 1bigfish

Could you tell me where you bought the battery air pump from? Thanks

Reef Supplies and J&L have them.

[1bigfish]

Originally Posted by WarDog

Reef Supplies and J&L have them.

Great...thank you

[WarDog]

Here's a fun thread from a couple years ago. Ahhh... those were good times.

[Tigweldpro]

Originally Posted by WarDog

Here's a fun thread from a couple years ago. Ahhh... those were good times.

That's 11 pages of insanity. I love BC but some aspects of services & roads are sketchy at best in winter.

[whatcaneyedo]

Originally Posted by 1bigfish

Could you tell me where you bought the battery air pump from? Thanks

Wardog beat me to it but yes J&L is where I bought mine.

[corpusse]

7500 watt generator. It powers the tank entirely including lighting + fridge and freezer. One thing I did not realize after living my whole life in Mississauga where there never were long power failures is generators eat gas like crazy. Sure I can power everything but a full tank only lasts about 11-12hrs. I keep an extra 5 gallons around so I can always go 24hrs without leaving the house.

I was just reading about someone in Puerto Rico keeping their tank on a generator / solar panels for 40 days. If that happened here I'd probably run out of gas money before I lost the will to refill the generator twice a day.

[Default]

I have a 250 galon and I have a 22kw honeywell generator that runs on natural gas. Im in a wooded area and we lose power almost every year now. You dont even know the power has gone out the lights flicker and the genset is on. It has enough power to run my whole house, sump and heat pump.