So it's always a good idea to have battery backups

[Porpoise Hork]

Yesterday early evening I hear a very loud buzz sound from outside and the lights started flickering. So I rushed out to make sure that nothing was wrong with the power drop or my service panel, only to find this happening on the service pole on the other side of my next door neighbor's house.


This caused a 2 hour power outage and the fire department to come out to put out a small grass fire under it.

Luckily all my tanks and other various electronics are on UPS units so nothing went down during the outage. You never know what may happen so it's always best to be prepared for the worst.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have a main pump for which a generator is ready to power it if this would happen. Its an external hammerhead gold so no other option.
I also have two Ice Cap gyre 3k. Those have backups so Im prepared.

 

[ca1ore]

Quite impressive that it only took 2 hours to fix. When there's transformer/power line issues in my neighborhood its a half day ….. at least. A sensible power mitigation plan is essential, I agree. No sense I having all this fancy support equipment if it all goes to hell without any utility power.

 

[Mical]

+1 on UPS power