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Old 01/04/2008, 03:18 PM
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Old 01/04/2008, 03:30 PM
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I know that some parts of Arden have been out of power since last night. Hopefully, Rafael and the others that lives in that area are okay.
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Old 01/04/2008, 03:31 PM
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So, can you explain how a Tunze Stream would run on house power then switch to battery backup in the case of a power failure?
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Old 01/04/2008, 03:32 PM
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The UPS plugs into the wall, the stream plugs into the UPS. It's the job of the UPS to switch between house and backup power.
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Old 01/04/2008, 03:41 PM
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Our power has been on and off atleast 5 times, but never for more than a minute or so. Hopefully everyone is faring well. Sounds like a lot of us are going to be hitting the stores for UPSs.
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Old 01/04/2008, 03:42 PM
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Now is also a good time to make sure that you have syphon breaks in your return plumbing.
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Old 01/04/2008, 03:45 PM
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I had to come in to work to surf RC. Going back to the house now to re-fire the generator. Been without power since 9:30am and sitting in my front room watching pieces of my fence and roof flutter down the street. Thankfully there is the generator.
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Old 01/04/2008, 03:53 PM
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Yeah I had to run to my supply house and grab a cord and plug for my generator so I could plug it into my house.
So far not so much as a flicker, but I'm ready muhahahahah.
Might run out to frys later and go shopping... Just for something to do..

I've got my HAM radio on and my local repeater has been switched over to emergency traffic only right now..
And got the scanner running right now as well, listening to all the stuff going down in the area..
Man I love this weather!!
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Old 01/04/2008, 04:08 PM
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funman1, when your backfeeding, do you just take the circuits you want to backfeed off breakers and splice, or do you have a transfer switch or whats your method of choice? (just like to see other electricians methods)
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Old 01/04/2008, 04:12 PM
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Still pouring at Lake level here in Tahoe. Just took my dog for a walk and not even the North Face gear kept me dry.

We have had a few dimming type of flickers, but no outages. I think I am about two hours behind you guys in the direction of the weather.

I heard we may get six inches of snow an hour once it switches over. NUTS and I cancelled all appointments today so I wasn't out driving in this and rescheduled for tomorrow. Next week should be great skiing!
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Old 01/04/2008, 04:14 PM
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I have an extra 2 pole 30 amp breaker in my main panel. I hook my #10 4 conductor SO cord right to the breaker.

Disconnect from SMUD with my main Disconnect.

Then plug into the gene with a L1420R
This backfeeds my entire panel so I have everything I normally would, and we are just careful what we turn on so as not to overload the gene.


Then I just watch the neighbros house to know when power comes back on.
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Old 01/04/2008, 04:29 PM
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well i just got my power up! (generator) i decided to go and pick one up at teh local hdware store. not too bad of a price. I hooked it up to the tank/fridge and ofcourse pc hopefully smud will get the power going soon. thanks mike for the generator offer but i didn't see that till now and i had left work after i posted my post. thanks again though.
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Old 01/04/2008, 04:35 PM
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anyone have one of these battery backup things? i am out of town (%^&*%#$!!) and my mom is on her way over to my apt to check on my tank... my apt complex is currently without power still. depending on what she finds when she gets there, i may need to borrow something. crossing fingers that my tank is ok
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Old 01/04/2008, 09:13 PM
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Steve is that repeater a 2 meter? What frequency in?
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Old 01/04/2008, 09:22 PM
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I didn't know beerguy was local. I saw he met his wife at a Sacramento area restaurant but didn't know the timeframe. If you want to see some awesome pics look at some of his recent posting in the photography forum.
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Old 01/04/2008, 10:15 PM
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Steve is that repeater a 2 meter? What frequency in?
You got PM
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Old 01/05/2008, 01:21 AM
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We had a little power outage this morning, for about an hour and half. I lost a couple of frags, but im not so sure that it was due to the power outage.

But just in case, i'm buyin a UPS and generator this weekend..
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Old 01/05/2008, 01:35 AM
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what is a UPS?
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Old 01/05/2008, 01:38 AM
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UPS = Uninterruptible Power Source aka Battery backup.
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Old 01/05/2008, 01:51 AM
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Mike got in advice on what UPS os good?
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Old 01/05/2008, 02:11 AM
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My tank was without power for 12+ hours. Darn storm killed my mystery wrasse! Everything else seems okay. Went out to buy a generator just in case, but when I got home power was back on.
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Old 01/05/2008, 02:19 AM
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Well being a computer geek for many of eons as it may seem, I can share my experiences. First off, a UPS is really meant as a a VERY short term solution. Batteries do not scale well, so think of a UPS as a stop gap for those flickers and possibly up to 20 minute outages.

Be sure the UPS you are looking at is rated at the draw you expect to pull when on battery power. Typically you will want to run ONLY the essential items to get you along. The less the load, the longer your battery will last. This requires math - pulling (X)amps * (Y)volts = VA rating. The higher the VA = the more equipment you can accommodate. As for brands, I typically stick with the top player? - APC.

You can buy used but be careful - the batteries are not indefinite and will lose their ability to hold a charge after a period of time.

Steve can probably give you more technical info regarding selection as I am sure I just covered the very basics from a consumer point of view.
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Old 01/05/2008, 03:01 AM
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sorry to hear about your wrasse Xia.. good idea on the generator.
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Old 01/05/2008, 03:26 AM
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No power outage here, but part of my fence is gone just like ed.
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Old 01/05/2008, 04:00 AM
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I'm in loomis and we have been down since 10:30 this morning and still no power. I bit the bullet and bought a Generator. Think $300 is a small price to pay for how much i could lose.

Hope everyone else is making it through.
 

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