What is everyone doing for battery back up?

[slythy]

I have a small UPS that I can use for my 2 mp40's and my return pump but I'm only going to get around 2 hours out of it. Is anyone running something thats lasts way longer? It would be nice to get atleast 24 hours out of it but not be a fire risk haha.

Thanks,

 

[bestfishes]

They make a really cool, but kinda expensive 30 hour battery for the MP40s. I have three of them. You can even connect two together and dedicate just one powerhead to the battery and get 60 hours of run time. https://store2.ecotechmarine.com/collections/battery-backup

One drawback is when using the backups they wont turn off if you are doing a feed cycle that depends on the powerstrip cutting power to them. I tend to leave mine unplugged until I need them or am going away for some time.

 

[rmorris_14]

I operate on a hope and a prayer that nothing will go wrong and I won’t be out of power that long.
it’s risky

 

[dwest]

I have 3 ecotech batteries as well. Highly recommended. I diy replace the internal batteries on an every 4 year rotating schedule.

 

[bestfishes]

Dwest- Thats awesome that you replace the bats yourself. I'd love to learn more about your DIY process! In particular what battery and the source to get it.

 

[Joe31415]

I operate on a hope and a prayer that nothing will go wrong and I won’t be out of power that long.
it’s risky

Yup, same here.
In the nearly 20 years I've lived at my house, I can only think of one time when the power went out for more than a few hours. IIRC, it was out for something like a day or two. I ended up picking up a Ryobi inverter for their 40v batteries since I have a bunch of them. I think I could get each battery to run a heater and a power head for a few hours, but that was about it. Even with 3 batteries and the ability to charge them up at work (just a few minutes from my house), it wasn't a sustainable option.
I still have the inverters and would do it again if the power went out for any length of time, but I don't consider that a solution, just a fluke that I'm able to do it.

 

[blaxsun]

Icecap battery backup for a pair of Maxspect XF330 gyres.

 

[bestfishes]

Ive gone as far as putting a cross over switch on my main electrical panel for long term emergencies which have happened once in my life and lasted 18 hours. My fish tank, refrigerators, wine cellar, AC, TV, internet and the microwave are all attached to that panel. I can roll my generator up to the connector and as long as I have fuel, my tank has full power including lights and sirens ;-). I got the batteries for when I am away and no one is around to figure all the hook ups out.

 

[Jekyl]

Portable generator

 

[dwest]

Dwest- Thats awesome that you replace the bats yourself. I'd love to learn more about your DIY process! In particular what battery and the source to get it.

I do this

Replacing the battery on Ecotech battery backup...

It was super easy, and cost me around $37. The battery was $34, and the machine screws were like $1.50. I was going to buy a brand new one, and then I realized that would be a huge waste of money. The power supply works fine, the battery inside the backup was just toast. After a little research...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Big Smelly fish]

I haven’t used any battery backups . Where I live in south Louisiana You need a generator. Not uncommon for power to be out a week or more.

 

[TheDuude]

I have a backup gen for long power outages (greater than 3 hrs), a battery air pump for short ones (less than 3 hrs) and an ecoflow battery bank that I leave connected when away on business or vacation.

Apex heartbeat / home security will notify in the event of power loss and the ecoflow gives my tank enough time for me to get someone over to the house and power up my gen. Ecoflow has a bunch of battery sizes so you can choose based on your needs.

 

[bnord]

Two ecotechs and work like a charm -

then I got a whole home generac and it works more better - and gave the ecotechs to my son and they have served him well through 2 whole day shut downs

my problem now is that all my dosing is performed with Kamoers on bluetooth (live in a rural setting -no house wifi) and they shut down with any gap in circuit - requiring a simple re-initiation, but if I'm gone...

Finally found a versa to at least drive the talk

 

[slythy]

Yea i travel for a living but my wife is home most of that time. Ive looked into a car battery, pure sine inverter and battery charger to put my 2 mp40’s and sicce sdc 6.0 on. But unsure if thats the smart play. I will buy a little honda generator here soon enough for motorcycle tire warmers lol

i have a small 650va ups i can use for now till i figure out something better

 

[dwest]

Yea i travel for a living but my wife is home most of that time. Ive looked into a car battery, pure sine inverter and battery charger to put my 2 mp40’s and sicce sdc 6.0 on. But unsure if thats the smart play. I will buy a little honda generator here soon enough for motorcycle tire warmers lol

i have a small 650va ups i can use for now till i figure out something better

Unless your tank is large, just running one mp40 will buy you a lot of time. Good luck.

 

[Asmolupers]

Generator takes care of the entire house.

 

[Biglew11]

I have a ups hooked up to 2 motorcycle batteries. I know I can get at least 6 hours on it without running my heater. Neptune apex turns off all non essential items when power goes out and it turns cor20 return pump way down to 5% and the gyres down to 20%. I'm not sure how long it can really go, but I do have a 5500 watt generator for longer outages.

 

[Blue Spot Octopus]

I did an experiment with my Tunze 6095, safety switch and a 12 volt batter, and my 6095 ran for 5 days.

 

[youcallmenny1]

I'm living on the edge. That's what.

 

[schmittym7]

They make a really cool, but kinda expensive 30 hour battery for the MP40s. I have three of them. You can even connect two together and dedicate just one powerhead to the battery and get 60 hours of run time. https://store2.ecotechmarine.com/collections/battery-backup

One drawback is when using the backups they wont turn off if you are doing a feed cycle that depends on the powerstrip cutting power to them. I tend to leave mine unplugged until I need them or am going away for some time.

Thats funny, I had the same thing happen to me. I was like what the heck when the MP40's didn't shut off then realized they were running on battery backup.