Battery Back up Suggestions?

[Carz]

Can anyone suggest a good battery back up?

 

[ihavecrabs]

Hey @Carz #WelcometoR2R

Are you looking for an overall battery backup or one for a particular piece of equipment?

 

[pelphrey]

I run an APC 1500 on my entire system. Granted it will only keep my system running for probably 10 minutes I rely on it mainly for power surges.

 

[Carz]

I would just run my DC pump and maybe a wave maker. I really cant find a system that would run everything for a long time. I do have the house hooked up with a transfer switch to attach my generator but I got to be home for that.

 

[ReefWithCare]

Can anyone suggest a good battery back up?

Do you have Jabao, gyre, tunze, or EcoTech pumps?

 

[Carz]

I got the current usa pump

 

[ReefWithCare]

I got the current usa pump

Ah, so you have the same problem as me lol. I ended up just getting a standard 9AH UPC and plugged one of the wavemakers to it. That's the best we can do unless to do a DIY car battery.

Unfortunately, current has no standard back-up solution. The coralbox & icecap back-up batteries are not compatible with our units due to the plugs (according to my discussion with BRS support).

Depending on the size of the pump and UPC, you will probably get 4-6 hours out of it...enough time to plug in your generator.

 

[aquaman30k]

I also run the APC 1500 on all of the support equipment. If you have an apex and the wall power supply, you can setup power intensive outlets like heaters to stay off when on battery power. Doing this, I’m able to get 30m-2hr depending on what speed the vortechs are at during the outage.

 

[14 foot reef]

These are top of the line and can be connected to your generator

http://www.xantrex.com/power-products/backup-power/xpower-powerhub-1800.aspx

 

[charlesP77]

If you’re comfortable with a little DIY, you can set one up yourself. You just need some properly sized wire, something like the TrippLite APS700HF, and a deep cycle battery (or 5). That’s what I use. Was using just a tiny tractor battery for a while to run my return pump and 1 circulation pump for up to 5 hours.

Recently added another larger battery to increase my run time to 24+ hours.

 

[ihavecrabs]

If you’re comfortable with a little DIY, you can set one up yourself. You just need some properly sized wire, something like the TrippLite APS700HF, and a deep cycle battery (or 5). That’s what I use. Was using just a tiny tractor battery for a while to run my return pump and 1 circulation pump for up to 5 hours.

Recently added another larger battery to increase my run time to 24+ hours.

I was considering doing something similar to that. Previous owner to my home installed a battery backup AC pump and had the inverter and trickle charger for the battery.. Might be something to keep an eye on craigslist for.. has to be for an AC pump though.

 

[pecan2phat]

That is a nice inverter/charger system! Figured about a little over $1k for the system and 2 gel batteries.

 

[pelphrey]

I also run the APC 1500 on all of the support equipment. If you have an apex and the wall power supply, you can setup power intensive outlets like heaters to stay off when on battery power. Doing this, I’m able to get 30m-2hr depending on what speed the vortechs are at during the outage.

I was actually listening to @ReefingwithO live stream on Youtube last night and they were discussing this. One of the guys on there controls his vortech pumps with his apex and used the wall outlet to tell the vortech to run at 50% if the unit has lost power while turning other equipment off. Something I'd never thought about before and was a no brainer to spend the $15 on the power supply!

 

[aquaman30k]

I was actually listening to @ReefingwithO live stream on Youtube last night and they were discussing this. One of the guys on there controls his vortech pumps with his apex and used the wall outlet to tell the vortech to run at 50% if the unit has lost power while turning other equipment off. Something I'd never thought about before and was a no brainer to spend the $15 on the power supply!

The power supply is such a simple but powerful addition to the Apex. I still need to write the code to cut the speed down during an outage but honestly I’m too lazy. Lol

 

[pecan2phat]

This looks good too, doesn't have all the bells and whistles (they have ones with the bells and whistles too) but is a pure sine wave vs the Xantrex + a lot of bad reviews on the Xantrex inverter/chargers. I had the Xantrex Freedom 1000 that went bad after 4 years of basically standby use.
https://invertersrus.com/product/picoglf12w12v120al/

 

[ReefWithCare]

Y’all are nuts with these $1500+ backups.

If you want extended backup get a UPC 1500 Pro. It comes with a battery addon option that allows you to add 4 x 9AH batteries. It will give you the equivalent of a car battery and it’s turn key a little over $300. You can pay less with DIY but not everyone wants to deal with DIY.

For $1500
- $2000 I can get a 7500W mobile gas generator and have an electrican install a auto transfer switch to my fuse box.

 

[pecan2phat]

True but these inverter/chargers are in conjunction with 100AH battery so a lot more run time.

 

[pelphrey]

Y’all are nuts with these $1500+ backups.

If you want extended backup get a UPC 1500 Pro. It comes with a battery addon option that allows you to add 4 x 9AH batteries. It will give you the equivalent of a car battery and it’s turn key a little over $300. You can pay less with DIY but not everyone wants to deal with DIY.

For $1500
- $2000 I can get a 7500W mobile gas generator and have an electrican install a auto transfer switch to my fuse box.

Mine wasn't $1500 that is the model number - https://amzn.to/2JXE2sx

I wish I had room in my cabinet for backup expansions!

 

[ReefWithCare]

Mine wasn't $1500 that is the model number - https://amzn.to/2JXE2sx

I wish I had room in my cabinet for backup expansions!

Ya BRG1500 is a good one because you can expand the capacity [emoji106].

Also I’m wondering

So the Coralbox Battery Backup is only 3.5Ah.

Why does a UPC that is 9Ah have such a dismal runtime compared to a 3.5Ah battery?

EcoTech’s backup unit is 18Ah by comparison

 

[Kirk Deshotel]

Can anyone suggest a good battery back up?