Blackout Preparation.

[drew00c]

I was wonder what you guys have in terms of preparing for blackouts. Me personally I have a few battery powered generators. In case of an emergency i can at least plug my filters and heaters on. In Toronto a few years ago we had a massive 4 day blackout along with alot of the northeast states. They came in handy, well the filter did the room was 104 degrees. I had to put ice cubes in it that were melting in the freezer. All was well and i didnt lose any of my Fronts or fry for that matter.

 

[simpleman]

I would just "borrow" some solar panels, batteries and inverter from my job and keep my fingers crossed for sunshine.

 

[MikMcgyver]

I thought about a battery backup for power, but figured a tank that is decently established will last a couple of days without power.. Maybe a backups for a lil bit, to run the powerheads, to get a lil circulation back to the tank every so often...

 

[reeffreak]

We rarely loose electricity here in the south except maybe for a few hours.I think the last time we lost electricity for more than 6 hours was during an ice storm back in 97'.I do have a backup generator if the worst happens.Which reminds me,I need to service it.

 

[Bifferwine]

I have nothing :(.

 

[Alexander]

nothing but hopes and dreams over here that the power doesnt go out. best i got is a butterfly valve to shut off the overflow if im home and the sump goes too high. but it should be fine, just in case

 

[bobby]

I don't have anything for a backup, but I have never had more than a hour blackout. I would like a back up generatore just incase though.

 

[fishbait]

I just keep my fingers crossed and hope we don't have a blackout. we had an ice storm january this year. and was without power for four days. luckily it was when my tank was cycling and didn't have any livestock in it.

 

[yote]

I got a generator that will run my tank without any problems.
But we got a sorry electric company.Might take them a day just to fix the line if a tree limb falls on it.

 

[chaosfinity]

I have computer battery backups of various sizes that we got from a company around here that was upgrading, my biggest one will run my heater and powerhead for 36 hours, the rest for about 12 each. If its really bad i do have a generator that we usually hook up for lights. My biggest concern is my heater, here in missouri the only bad power outages we have are when its -400*F

 

[RigoSharon]

no electricity probs here..but we always are in the way of hurricanes..lucky still none has reach grounds..i just keep my fingers crossed

 

[bjohanson1234]

Yeah rigo doesnt have to worry. He would just take his whole setup and put it in the ocean for the duration of the black out:bounce:

Brian

 

[RigoSharon]

hmmmm..good idea!!...

 

[drew00c]

Yeah most people seem to have some kind of backup, Its going to start getting cold here, last thing i want is to wake up and find an ice cube were my tanks used to be.