Power outage

[Dr.DiSilicate]

They say 3 pm. 500 homes still.

 

[Haddonisreef]

They say 3 pm. 500 homes still.

Dam bro sux balz!

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

Power on! Temp really low. Everything seems ok. I'm getting a back up plan together for the future. Kinda have been avoiding it for a while now.

 

[JuanGutz]

18th st and 69th ave was out for a few hours dang 9!? What the fish! The weather wasn't that bad!

 

[SynDen]

well at least it in on now. how low is the temp? Hopefully not to low and you dont lose anything. Nothing like a power outage to light a fire under you to get things done

 

[DyM]

Fingers crossed for ya....

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

1000 watt generator from harbor freight! $90 bucks. Hell, 1 clam is worth twice that. Go grab one... On sale from $149

 

[MuralReef]

Everything still okay?

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

Everything still okay?

It would seem so.

 

[Andrew_bram]

Let us know a review on that generator

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

Let us know a review on that generator

I will. Still in box now. Looks pretty... Lol shiny box. Haha

 

[SkyShark]

One other idea for the future or anyone else with this problem. Pour hot (not quite boiling) water into Nalgene type water bottles and float them in your sump (and change as needed). In theory this should be better/easier to manage than adding hot water directly to the tank.
Side note - I do this for my wife when we camp. Before bed heat some water, put it in a nalgene and toss that in the bottom of her sleeping bag. A simple, safe heater. Happy wife, happy life.

 

[scchase]

Last major power outage I had lasted 2 and half days. I found that Korellias or other low wattage flow pumps will run on a deep cycle battery and converter for about 30 hours or so. Don't even bother with heaters they draw to much. For heat I ended up taking 5g buckets from the tank and heating them by my fireplace and then pouring them back in, worked well till I was able to borrow a generator for the last day.

 

[CRW Reef]

Here is the one I think Doug was talking about at harbor freight and here is a link for a coupon to make it $99

http://widgets.harborfreight.com/ws...dium=email&utm_campaign=1114a&utm_source=1010

http://www.harborfreight.com/900-Pe...dium=email&utm_campaign=1114a&utm_source=1010

 

[DyM]

I have a Briggs and Stratton elite 10,000 W generator and a separate sub panel for the whole house. This way the reef is protected and i'm comfortable.

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

I got the little cheapie from harbor freight. Actually only 88 bucks. I figure it's worth it if it works once or twice in a pinch.