Generators & back up power

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pringles

Member
I lost all fish & corals due to the black out last week, I wonder which generator or power back up do you using right now?. I need to buy one , thanks.
 
DD

DD

"Rambo"
My father runs a natural gas generator for his whole house. You might want to look into one in you own a home.

Basically, if the power goes out, the generator senses the loss of power, then begins to convert natural gas into electricity to power your home.

The units installed can range anywhere from a few thousand, all the way up to 10K, depending on how much electricity you're needing.

Definitely something I'm going to look into when I buy a house. They're not only good for our aquariums, but during storms they'll run you sump pumps so that your house doesn't flood from rising water.
 
caragol

caragol

Member
Jumping in on this, interested in a small generator. I figure if I can run a heater and a powerhead to the fish tank, and the sump pump (to the basement pump, not the aquarium sump) I'd be good. I could just drag it out of my garage in the rain if I needed it and run an extension cord. Wouldn't need too much power, just need to be able to run it off of gas I could run and purchase.
 
maidia

maidia

Team CR
DD said:
My father runs a natural gas generator for his whole house. You might want to look into one in you own a home.

Basically, if the power goes out, the generator senses the loss of power, then begins to convert natural gas into electricity to power your home.

The units installed can range anywhere from a few thousand, all the way up to 10K, depending on how much electricity you're needing.

Definitely something I'm going to look into when I buy a house. They're not only good for our aquariums, but during storms they'll run you sump pumps so that your house doesn't flood from rising water.
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+1 for natural gas generator. I don't have one but the house next to mine has it. The owner has worry free during power out last time. I am going to install one if I still live in this current house.
 
DD

DD

"Rambo"
maidia said:
+1 for natural gas generator. I don't have one but the house next to mine has it. The owner has worry free during power out last time. I am going to install one if I still live in this current house.
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Best part about them is they're silent and you don't need to refill them every hour or so.
 
trackfast

trackfast

Princess Trainer
There's a company on Angie's List that has an offer for a 7 kilowatt/ 8 circuit whole house generator. $3800 installed.
 
icedearth15324

icedearth15324

TeamCR
I currently have a 1000va, 750watt battery backup on my tank. I know it isn't a permanent solution, especially for long times. But it has kept power going to my main pump and a powerhead for almost 2 hours. I was lucky I had installed it literally like 3 days before we randomly lost power for about 2 hours on a wednesday morning.

For long term solutions, we do own a generator, but it's a normal one.
 
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