NEED HELP! Burnaby power outage

[Galizio]

Guilford area in surrey has power since yesterday, I live less than a km away and still no power since 12:30 yesterday, hydro keep bumping the time , last update was midnight , but is not promising ATM ....


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[bsung413]

OMG... Power came back for 20 seconds then went out again! WTH?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Originally Posted by bsung413

OMG... Power came back for 20 seconds then went out again! WTH?

This probably means your power will be on soon for good (hopefully).

[Aquattro]

Well, you guys have convinced me that this is the year to pick up a generator. My fish wouldn't last 4 hours without power, so this week they're on sale, going to grab a 3000w machine.

[Animal-Chin]

My god I still don't have power, what are the chances of survival now? I'm at 45 hours now!!!

[clermont]

That was a rough go at 32 hours without power. Was able to save some of my fish and corals look ok. Lost 5 Anthias and a Flame Angel and came up with an idea to get an auxiliary type plug to hook up to my cigarette lighter in my car and run an extension cord to the tank to run a power head.
If anyone else is without power still this may save some fish if possible to set up. Canadian tire has the adaptor for around $35.

[gobytron]

I use a 1200 watt generator that I paid 100 bucks for at princess auto.

Can run a heater and a couple of pumps, no problem.

[GoFish]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Well, you guys have convinced me that this is the year to pick up a generator. My fish wouldn't last 4 hours without power, so this week they're on sale, going to grab a 3000w machine.

If I was gonna buy a generator for back up power once a year or less I'd go with propane. With the unleaded/ethanol gas we use nowadays odds of having moisture or gum in the carb a year later when you really need it is highly likely. Not sure of the price difference but just something to look into

I feel really sorry to those without power for so long and casualties. I hope all works out for you guys and gals

[Aquattro]

I've never seen a propane gen. But a fuel conditioner (same as weed wacker) would take care of carb plugging.

[Animal-Chin]

Power back on! Fingers crossed, my daughters says the fish are swimming around and she doesn't see any dead, hope they stay that way...