What’s your power outage solution?

[Tastee]

I currently run a CyberPower 1500 with Apex power monitoring and a keep-alive program that just runs the return, wavemaker and skimmer periodically during an outage. That is my current solution for my 65g tank. I will be adding a 2nd 120g tank however so are planning to improve this.

We have a rooftop solar PV system and the inverter has an outage protected circuit. I plan to add a battery in about 6-12 months and will then run the tanks and fridge on that circuit with a VSR (normally on PV/grid, failover to outage protected circuit in an outage).

 

[foxt]

+1 for a standby backup generator. I currently use a portable generator hooked to my service panel through a manual transfer switch, and it works great as long as I am home to start it. When I am not home, I have no backup. So I am planning to install the same kind of standby set up that others have referenced.

 

[Chewbacca]

I got nothing. Was going to to get a 1500 Cyberpower, like what I use with my home PC/workstation, but the length of battery use is not great. Even if just wanting to run a return pump, a couple powerhead, and a heater.

Is there such a thing as a non-gas generator? Some sort of large lithium battery or something? I live in an apartment so my options are limited.

If I have to get a couple Cyberpowers, I will. But would like a more powerful solution though.

Get ahold of Gilligan and the Captain to ride that generator bicycle