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| Posted | What stevebrillo was on about |
| 28-09-2007 17:12 by Lnrak |
The thread started the other day regarding battery backup - got me thinking. The longest power cut that we have had around here is about 4 hours, so battery backup would be ok for me as opposed to a genny. Where do you get them from? Thought i'd try a Telboy - "anyone got a cheap/free one" ? ( if not where can I get one?) |
| 28-09-2007 17:12 by Lnrak |
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| 28-09-2007 17:18 by telboy |
oi, i heard that |
| 28-09-2007 17:38 by Lnrak |
u meant to |
| 28-09-2007 17:39 by robert.pope |
how about a battery shop!
what sort of batterys is needed? would old car batterys be enough? |
| 28-09-2007 18:25 by Ray |
I dont see how you can run any fishkeeping equipment with a battery?? |
| 28-09-2007 18:45 by Lnrak |
dunno - thought you could get a battery backup with steve asking - maybe u can't then, and it would have to be a genny? |
| 28-09-2007 18:49 by dave the wath |
I dont see batteries working, all electrical equipment for fish tanks appears to operate at 240v AC, batteries are DC. You would have to buy/create,(or tel scrounge) all new equipment.
Uless somebody does produce low voltage DC equipment. |
| 28-09-2007 18:56 by telboy |
you can get battery operated air pumps + filters, they do em on ebay from time to time |
| 28-09-2007 19:11 by dave the wath |
What about heaters? And if you have a marine set up with a skimmer. I would hate to think how much room would be required for the batteries to keep a system running for an extended period of time. Cos they aint gonna be PP7's.
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| 28-09-2007 19:30 by mwilde |
Buy a PC UPS from a PC shop / ebay.
A ups is basically a battey backup for your PC. |
| 28-09-2007 20:28 by big cats |
why dont you consider an invertor (the kind you use to run stuff in your car) a large leisure battery well charged and a 600w invertor will keep pumps and filters running for ages, maybe not heaters but it takes a very long time to cool most tanks to dangerous levels? but you would have to be there when the power cuts??? |
| 29-09-2007 11:34 by Lnrak |
just ordered a petrol genny - www.wolf-online.co.uk. BARGAIN!! £39.99. Handy to have for an emergency!!! |
| 30-09-2007 15:55 by stevebrillo |
very handy we are always getting power cuts round here ..the last one we had lasted 6 hours and i was running about saying help..not knowing when they were going to fix the problem..well i ready this time  |
| 01-10-2007 12:24 by Alan |
I have a nice genny sitting in the shed for just such an occasion.
The battery that someone was on about would be an inverter of the type used for caravans some people have reported problems with impellors when using these as the hertz rating is different but I'm no electrician so its all a foreign language to me might as well be speaking German. One thing to watch out for though is the total wattage of your set up make sure what ever you are using can handle it. 900 watts is sufficient for my 3 tanks even with the 2 metal halides on. |
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