Protection from power outages

collarman · 05/13/2014, 05:14 AM

Living here in Florida we continually have loss of power in the summer. Please share your methods of protecting your tank without the use of generators.
Thanks.

Mark426 · 05/13/2014, 06:09 AM

Vortechs and their battery backup works well for smaller tanks. Can run the pump/s for up to two days. For larger tanks you can chain Vortech backups together or replace the Vortech backup and save money with bigger deep cycle batteries (search RC for how to do it). There are other pumps that do the same as Vortechs but I have no personal experience with them.

Of course batteries are only really good for water circulation, no lights, heater, or anything like that. For power outages longer than a couple of days a generator is necessary.

05/13/2014, 05:14 AM	#1
collarman Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Florida Posts: 90	Protection from power outages Living here in Florida we continually have loss of power in the summer. Please share your methods of protecting your tank without the use of generators. Thanks.

05/13/2014, 06:09 AM	#2
Mark426 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,479	Vortechs and their battery backup works well for smaller tanks. Can run the pump/s for up to two days. For larger tanks you can chain Vortech backups together or replace the Vortech backup and save money with bigger deep cycle batteries (search RC for how to do it). There are other pumps that do the same as Vortechs but I have no personal experience with them. Of course batteries are only really good for water circulation, no lights, heater, or anything like that. For power outages longer than a couple of days a generator is necessary.