Sad Sad Day Without Power

[Chad]

Originally Posted by Gujustud

Probably not the best for a big tank, but dell has a sale today only on a small battery backup unit:

http://accessories.dell.com/sna/prod...1&sku=A0543170

Only $29.

Not really worth it, certainly would not run a pump for very long. 300w and only runs for 3mins at full load.

[Tom R]

Well my Disaster plan works. After the last power outage 16.5 hours without a plan I new that I was extremely lucky to get through it with minor losses. I decided that the answer for me was a small generator. I found a small 950W generator for $169.00 (made in China) at the Army & Navy.

On Thursday at 3:00 Am our power went off for 3.5 hours. I quickly put my plan into effect. My new 950W generator started well and ran my main circulation pump (Ampmaster 3600)with out a problem for the period of the outage.

Tom R

[woodcarver]

Nice to hear ................good job
...................Dave

[fishface]

Originally Posted by Tom R

Well my Disaster plan works. After the last power outage 16.5 hours without a plan I new that I was extremely lucky to get through it with minor losses. I decided that the answer for me was a small generator. I found a small 950W generator for $169.00 (made in China) at the Army & Navy.

On Thursday at 3:00 Am our power went off for 3.5 hours. I quickly put my plan into effect. My new 950W generator started well and ran my main circulation pump (Ampmaster 3600)with out a problem for the period of the outage.

Tom R

Hey Tom, I'm curious if you've checked the voltage output of your generator for spikes seeing how Chad got seemingly huge variances of voltage outputs with his generator.

[Chin_Lee]

Originally Posted by Tom R

Well my Disaster plan works. After the last power outage 16.5 hours without a plan I new that I was extremely lucky to get through it with minor losses. I decided that the answer for me was a small generator. I found a small 950W generator for $169.00 (made in China) at the Army & Navy. Tom R

Tom, can you share with us how loud this generator was?