Power Outages = HELL

[chefjamesscott]

so oddball do you guys do geothermal there at all

the university where my restaurant is is totally geothermal supplied for heat.

would love to see pics of your hatchery what kinds of fish you hatching

and op so very sorry to hear of the troubles due to power outage I can just imagine the mash unit took over when it came time to work to keep em all alive hope all goes well and not probs in the next week

 

[mkman]

how about a generator? If power is out for days, a generator will keep everything alive for an extended period of time!!!

 

[john C]

i experienced power outage last year no power for i think it was 6 days. got gas powered generator should be able to find for under $300.00 get one with 2 outlets. get 2 pieces of 12 gage wire 2 male fittings 2 female fittings. connect the male and female fitting to each end of wire. get 2 extension cords plug extension cord's to generator take wire pieces connect to extension cords. turn off main breaker find outlet for each pole of the breaker box and then you should be able to run any thing under generator wattage rating. i found this affordable and should be able to run all your tanks with no problems. good luck hopefully electric is on now.

 

[Jamieishard]

as I live 2 red lights away from you and also have stingrays....and we had the same outtage... i totally agree outages are hell....it freakin sucked and i was petrified....we ran out and got a gas ran generator off of craigslist .by the time my boyfriend got back it was on..but @ least we have one now...that sinking in your stomache feeling is no fun...

 

[tank125]

a generator will on run if you are home to start it..if you buy a large set-up with an automatic transfer switch which will start the generator whenever theres a power loss.i think you should get the uninterupable power supplys for computers..it will at least run some airpumps until you are able to get home and manually start a generator and resume your normal pumps..

agree! that transfer switch is $1000, then you need someone to install it as well as the exerciser (starts the generator on a weekly basis). A couple of big battery powered air pumps will buy you the time you need to get home and start the generator.


As for UPS's big enough for all that stuff Ashley... no way, they are designed for comps, not fish tanks! You are better off with some battery powered air pumps. Something like this...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Azoo-Aquarium-B...66:2|39:1|72:1205|240:1318|301:0|293:1|294:50

 

[skynoch]

Tank nailed it on the head. Vortech or koriala powerhead and airpump on battery backup and if you have a sump a very small pump to keep your bb alive. The higher wattage stuff has to be run off a generator. If you have the money an automatic transfer switch and generator is the best.

 

[DavidW]

don;t be so cheap . Buy a generator. All the money and time you dedicate to your rays, you should have an insurance policy and generators are the easiest and best way to go. Plus you can have the only house on the street with lights and power when it all goes out in your neighborhood.

I wired my whole house and all I have to do is plug in the geny to an outside input mounted on the outside wall of my house and flip switches over on the auxiliary circuit breaker panel. The panel cost maybe $300 and the geny was maybe $500 for 6.5 kw machine,( home depot) installation cost me $100 from a friend. This saved me tend of thousands of $$$s in possible poweroutage losses and the whole shebang cost me less than the cost of one black ray.

 

[skynoch]

don;t be so cheap . Buy a generator. All the money and time you dedicate to your rays, you should have an insurance policy and generators are the easiest and best way to go. Plus you can have the only house on the street with lights and power when it all goes out in your neighborhood.

I wired my whole house and all I have to do is plug in the geny to an outside input mounted on the outside wall of my house and flip switches over on the auxiliary circuit breaker panel. The panel cost maybe $300 and the geny was maybe $500 for 6.5 kw machine,( home depot) installation cost me $100 from a friend. This saved me tend of thousands of $$$s in possible poweroutage losses and the whole shebang cost me less than the cost of one black ray.

Wow you got some good prices for everything.
I still would want some stuff on battery backup if I didn't have an automatic transfer switch just in case I wasn't home when the power went out.
A generator is a must!

 

[DavidW]

Wow you got some good prices for everything.
I still would want some stuff on battery backup if I didn't have an automatic transfer switch just in case I wasn't home when the power went out.
A generator is a must!

Well, this was a few years ago so prices have surely changed, and having a union trained electrician as a good beer&BBQ buddy and fellow ray nut doesn't hurt! ( and a Leo back then cost $75 wholesale regardless of size)
LOL

 

[abortedsoul]

don;t be so cheap . Buy a generator. All the money and time you dedicate to your rays, you should have an insurance policy and generators are the easiest and best way to go. Plus you can have the only house on the street with lights and power when it all goes out in your neighborhood.

I wired my whole house and all I have to do is plug in the geny to an outside input mounted on the outside wall of my house and flip switches over on the auxiliary circuit breaker panel. The panel cost maybe $300 and the geny was maybe $500 for 6.5 kw machine,( home depot) installation cost me $100 from a friend. This saved me tend of thousands of $$$s in possible poweroutage losses and the whole shebang cost me less than the cost of one black ray.

I was trying to find a way to have it run for a short time while I set up the generator; a battery backup would be used only for sponge filters/aeration until we could come home and discover the outage (if we happen to not be home at the time). When we move into a house (in October) we will be able to set up a generator to our house proper.