STORMS: Do you have a generator for your reef tank?

[Malcontent]

Is anyone using a portable generator on natural gas? They don’t seem to be that common.

I would like to get one to run off my grill natural gas line and not have to worry about getting fuel.

Google "trifuel inverter generators"

 

[Reefahholic]

EcoTech battery for the Vortechs, CyberPower battery for pump & heater and portable generator just in case those don’t hold up. Save my apples last night and again this morning!

How long do the EcoTech backups last? Have you tested them yet?

 

[Reefahholic]

Is anyone using a portable generator on natural gas? They don’t seem to be that common.

I would like to get one to run off my grill natural gas line and not have to worry about getting fuel.

I’m fixing to convert my Honda to Propane so I can use gas and propane when gas is not available.

 

[HD_Reefer]

How long do the EcoTech backups last? Have you tested them yet?

I let it run for 4 hrs on battery without issue. Supposedly, it will run 1 pump for 60 hours on a full charge.

 

[Reefahholic]

I let it run for 4 hrs on battery without issue. Supposedly, it will run 1 pump for 60 hours on a full charge.

Longest I’ve heard so far from talking with Texas reefers is 14 hrs.

 

[Flameback Pair]

Just bought a generator today. Check out the top of this page on my build thread.

Build Thread - Red Sea REEFER 250 ALL Pre-Conditioned and most CAPTIVE-BRED Fish, SPS, Zoanthids. Slow Poke Reef. WE HAVE WATER!! start page 61.

Harbor Freight Tools had a Presidents Day Sale this weekend and I just happened to be out of town and in a different town where there is a HFT. I saw this generator on clearance for $125 and had to get it. I also bought a membership to their Inside Track Club which was $30. The membership gave...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Mical]

If anyone is still "on the fence" about a whole house generator (and NO I'm not employed, endorsed etc..), Generac just came out with this offer -> http://view.generac-email.com/?qs=9...027ab962943a757bb016368edb16a14147bfa5cd93e23

 

[saltybees]

Luckily I’ve never had an overly long power outage, but one time in the winter I run an extension cord out the window to my truck and kept the tank running while it was out for 6ish hours..nothing like a 50,000$ geni on wheels

 

[AJsReef]

I let it run for 4 hrs on battery without issue. Supposedly, it will run 1 pump for 60 hours on a full charge.

Believe that’s one MP10 for 60 hours, MP40s/60s drastically less. Still better than nothing though

 

[Andreas' Reef]

No, but

1. I don't get many storms where I am.
2. I have a nano aquarium, which only needs batteries.