Help, power went out , fish not doing good

[Robink]

There is one that comes on when the power cuts out.

Do you have the manufacturer name on that? I'd like to get a couple.
Ooops ! just read the thread again and got the name. Thanks!!

 

[Robink]

Bite the bullet and purchase an APC and not have to worry much later

Wish I'd known about this before I bought a generator.
Do you just plug everything in to the APC? Not sure how it works.

 

[Mbnym74]

Bite the bullet and purchase an APC and not have to worry much later

What's an APC

 

[TheEngineer]

It's a brand name for a battery backup. They are usually used for computers.

 

[Ocelaris]

A battery backup will only last you so long, with heaters it would be less that 10 minutes. So budget your power wisely. An automated generator to run a house usually starts around 10 grand. You can pick up a decent one from Craigslist for 500 that will power most of the house and wire it up yourself. On gasoline you usually can go 8+ hours without refilling. I'm in the process of setting up a manual transfer switch for the generator with a conversion kit to natural gas, so that will keep me running indefinitely. My apex is hooked up to the battery backup so if it goes out I get a text message. You do need a battery backup on the cable modem and router as well though assuming that doesn't get cut off. We had a branch take out our power and that made me get my things in order. Hope everything turns out ok for you.

 

[aaron23]

A battery backup will only last you so long, with heaters it would be less that 10 minutes. So budget your power wisely. An automated generator to run a house usually starts around 10 grand. You can pick up a decent one from Craigslist for 500 that will power most of the house and wire it up yourself. On gasoline you usually can go 8+ hours without refilling. I'm in the process of setting up a manual transfer switch for the generator with a conversion kit to natural gas, so that will keep me running indefinitely. My apex is hooked up to the battery backup so if it goes out I get a text message. You do need a battery backup on the cable modem and router as well though assuming that doesn't get cut off. We had a branch take out our power and that made me get my things in order. Hope everything turns out ok for you.

I have a cyber power 1500 is has an output of 900w for an estimated 129 minutes. So with 2 power heads at 20 watts and 1 heater at 150 watts I'm thinking I'll be fine for many hours.

 

[aaron23]

Wish I'd known about this before I bought a generator.
Do you just plug everything in to the APC? Not sure how it works.

Generator is definitely the thing to buy but you need to be home unless it's wired into your home for it to work lol. Battery backups are good for when you're not around and usually bad things happen then.