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Posted: June 18 2012 at 7:15pm |
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Just got home with the power out. Has been off for an hour. I have a small amount of juice in an ups but not much.
Two questions.
How long before its a major issue
Two, anyone have a generator I can borrow if it goes long.
Edited by troyholl - June 18 2012 at 7:18pm
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Troy Hollingsworth
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Posted: June 18 2012 at 7:19pm |
 troyholl wrote:
Just got home with the power out. Has been off for an hour. I have a small amount of juice in an ups but not much.
Two questions.
How long before its a major issue
Two, anyone have a generator I can borrow if it goes long. |
Get a big cup and mix the water every hour. Scoop it up and dump it back in. It will keep your O2 levels up.=)
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Posted: June 18 2012 at 7:23pm |
dionysus wrote:
troyholl wrote:
Just got home with the power out. Has been off for an hour. I have a small amount of juice in an ups but not much.
Two questions.
How long before its a major issue
Two, anyone have a generator I can borrow if it goes long. |
Get a big cup and mix the water every hour. Scoop it up and dump it back in. It will keep your O2 levels up.=)
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Doing it. The ups lasted all of ten minutes running the power heads.
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Posted: June 18 2012 at 7:49pm |
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The two things to worry about with a power outage is temp and keeping the water oxygenated. Luckely its not to hot or cold outside so temp shouldn't be a issue. As far as keeping the water oxygenated I keep battery operated airstones and extra batteries just in case. Before I had those I would take a egg beater and mix up the water really good every half hour or so and that would be enough to keep everything alive.
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Posted: June 18 2012 at 7:56pm |
Troy, I am in Murray and have one you can borrow if you have an extended outage. Call or text me 801-747-9632.
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Posted: June 18 2012 at 8:07pm |
you can get a inverter to run your pumps from you car or truck i have done that in the past then you can use it for trans porting fish and corals
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Posted: June 18 2012 at 8:35pm |
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Thanks. Crises over. All it took was me running to lowes to buy a generator. Power came back on the moment I swiped the credit card b
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Troy Hollingsworth
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Posted: June 18 2012 at 9:08pm |
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I had my electrican install a manual transfer. Now all I do is plug in the generator and flip the switch and wahla house is fully powered.Glad it wasn't down to long.
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Posted: June 18 2012 at 11:28pm |
The 2000w inverter I installed in my jeep years ago saved my old tank during a 48 hour blackout, ran the entire tank setup lights and all, as well as several appliances. 
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