Back up Power

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So I was at work and found out we have Back up power units for computers etc. Since its winter Power outages are common and I dont my Swimmers to Go belly up or have all my BB die off. Since I and many members dont own a house and live in apartment units generators are out of the question. This is what I found and what do you guys think? would it be a Good option? If yall know of similar or better options please post

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strollo22 said:
How long do you usually lose power for?


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living in EarthQuake area, city construction and Rain/wind damage it can be a few Hours to Half a day. Big Earthquake maybe a 1 week? Had 50pmh winds last night and there was alot of outages. was coming home last night and the block before my home was out, I almost freaked out. Got close to home and We have power. lost Most of My stock a few years ago to Loss of power thru City Worker redoing the Road 4 blocks away, which was ongoing for 2 weeks and one day it was 6 hours or more before I got power back. Came home and my tank was ice cold and Most of my fish were dieing or dead.

So Looking for options just in case something happens. Run some Sponge filter or My sump
 
alexanian said:
U can hook up large car batteries to the back up unit and it'll last u longer, we used to do it in the office for PC's and they would last for up to 4 hours on a regular car battery hooked to a UPS unit.
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You'd need a voltage converter with those batteries too. Pumps don't need much current but your heater will suck the juice a lot faster.
 
What you need is a Tripp Lite pure sine wave inverter charger.
It will automatically switch over within milliseconds of power loss to the batteries and will trickle charge the batteries automatically so they are always ready to go.

Want more time ? Just keep adding more sealed deep cycle marine batteries in parallel.

http://www.frontrowelectronics.com/tripp-lite-aps1012-inverter-charger-pure-sine-wave.aspx
(they also make a 230V version if you live in a country with a more "european" style power system)

using 4-6 golf cart batteries would power a modest pump for days. nothing will keep up with heater or lights though besides a generator.
 
rbarn said:
What you need is a Tripp Lite pure sine wave inverter charger.
It will automatically switch over within milliseconds of power loss to the batteries and will trickle charge the batteries automatically so they are always ready to go.

Want more time ? Just keep adding more sealed deep cycle marine batteries in parallel.

http://www.frontrowelectronics.com/tripp-lite-aps1012-inverter-charger-pure-sine-wave.aspx
(they also make a 230V version if you live in a country with a more "european" style power system)

using 4-6 golf cart batteries would power a modest pump for days. nothing will keep up with heater or lights though besides a generator.
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Thanks, was thinking deep cell wired that way would work. I believe Bass boats are wired this way for their electronics and trolling motor
 
Just make sure you spend the money for a "pure sine wave" inverter/charger like the one I linked to. The cheaper ones will play havoc with your pumps due to their unstable output. Tripp-Lite is really the industry standard. This is what I will be doing on my 300 gallon tank. A bank of (4x) Optima yellow top 75ahr batteries will run my pump for 4-6 hours. Golf cart batteries have twice the run time, but aren't sealed and not really a good idea to have indoors.

Lets say you're pump is pulling 300 watts.
300w / 12v = 25amps.

75amhr battery X 80% = 60 amp hours.

So each battery would run the pump for about 2 hours. 4 batteries would equal apx. 8hrs of run time for a 300 watt pump.
 
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