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12/12/2007, 06:25 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: illinois
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Midwest Ice Storms
With all of the ice storms this past week and lots of downed
power lines it made me think - what if the power goes out for an extended period of time. Just wondering what contingency plans folks have and what, if any battery backups do you all recommend? Thanks! |
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12/12/2007, 06:41 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Oklahoma
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I would have a generator handy for sure. We have been w/o power since Mon at 3am. We have a 6500 Coleman generator and we have been running 3 furnaces (2 neighbors and ours), my tank pump and heater. We put all the food outside in ice chests. I know my tank would have pretty much been a goner w/o the heat, since I do have battery operated air pumps too. If you have bad weather coming I would get prepared asap, I should have been better prepared. Just a fyi a battery backup is only good for a short time running a heater.
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12/12/2007, 07:34 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: illinois
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I'm sorry you're having to go through that -
Thanks for the info and take care!! |
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12/12/2007, 07:45 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: illinois
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Sorry for the duplicate - just noticed someone else's 2 page post -
I'll read that....thanks |
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12/12/2007, 07:52 PM
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Where am I?
 
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Hopefully no one lose's anything. I would be red hot if it was me.
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I prefer not to think before I speak, I like to be just as surprised as everyone else by what comes out of my mouth. Current Tank Info: I have a 180 gal mostly LPS corals, it contains 1 Val. Tang, 1 yellow striped clown fish, 3 percula clownfish, a blood shrimp, cleaner shrimp and a sand shifting goby, 5 pajama cardinals, 1 green chromis. Also a 75 gal. sump/fug. |
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