Back up Power Option - ego

[BackToTheReef]

So while doing some research for work I stumbled a cross an electric mower company that uses some really neat battery packs. The company also makes a portable power generator/center that uses the batteries for the various implements as a battery bank.

Has anyone used this as an emergency back up?

POWER+ Nexus Portable Power Station

Introducing the EGO Nexus Power Station; Quiet Clean Power for Indoor and Outdoor Use.

egopowerplus.com

With different size batteries you could really tailor this to provide maximum life support for your tank. With the right charger/inverter combo you might even be able to charge the batteries while your car runs in a pinch. Or just have a couple spare batteries ready to go when potential rolling brown outs or storms are expected.

It says it'll run 70 watts for 9 hours. That's the equivalent of one Reef Octopus Varios 6 return pump (though I am not sure how a crock pot and a pump compare but 70Ws is 70Ws right?). Looks like it might power an MP10, 40, or 60 for quite a while.

 

[MJ in Boise]

Looks way overpriced for 70 watts at 9hrs. Could buy about 4 optimas or 3 RV sized deep cycles with inverter for the same price and run whatever you want.

 

[BackToTheReef]

Ya, I hadn't seen the price yet!!!

 

[Cambrian Reef]

Ya batteries are $$$. I use their yard equipment and saw generator and watched lots of youtube videos. Not as impressive as I was hoping for the money.

 

[HuduVudu]

I went down this road because I live in hurricane country and hurricane Ike had us down for 2 weeks. I looked at solar plus battery and the cost is pretty hefty. After a ton of research and a lot of back and forth (in my head) I finally settled on a small Honda generator with about 50 gallons of gas as a back up. Honestly I didn't want to store that much, but one thing you will find with generators especially small ones is that getting gas into them is unbelievably messy and the options for filling from larger containers is abysmal. I already had 6 five gallon cans to store, but I really wished I would have gone with my current solution which is a 30 gallon drum with pump and relief.

This is probably very overkill for what you are doing, but because of the storms that knock out power for short durations I am currently just using a computer UPS for the little five minute interruptions. I think that they are good solutions and they are cheap.

My 2 cents.

 

[BackToTheReef]

I went down this road because I live in hurricane country and hurricane Ike had us down for 2 weeks. I looked at solar plus battery and the cost is pretty hefty. After a ton of research and a lot of back and forth (in my head) I finally settled on a small Honda generator with about 50 gallons of gas as a back up. Honestly I didn't want to store that much, but one thing you will find with generators especially small ones is that getting gas into them is unbelievably messy and the options for filling from larger containers is abysmal. I already had 6 five gallon cans to store, but I really wished I would have gone with my current solution which is a 30 gallon drum with pump and relief.

This is probably very overkill for what you are doing, but because of the storms that knock out power for short durations I am currently just using a computer UPS for the little five minute interruptions. I think that they are good solutions and they are cheap.

My 2 cents.

Yeah the gas thing turned me off but I just found some dual fuel small honda types that can run off propane. Thought those were interesting.