Power Outages?

[ron101]

Originally Posted by fkshiu

There are also battery backup systems you can get from Canadian Tire designed to run things such as fridges and other appliances during blackouts which should keep a powerhead and heater going for a good while.

Powerhead yes, heater no. Running a heater off battery power is impractical. IMO the cost effective solution is a low power pump like a nano stream or a koralia connected to an automatic UPS. This will keep circulation covered until you get home.

A camping stove like a Coleman can then be used be used to heat tank water in a pot (DO IT OUTSIDE!) then gradually added back to the tank.

These two approaches are relatively cheap. Next step is a portable gas powered generator which could probably run the whole system but you have to be around to set it up.