planing for power outages,,,

[Charlie Davidson]

I am looking at heat loads and planning for my pumps and lighting ( tank)... refrigerator (beer)
That being overed, ( all the best stuff) next thing was TV--- (power, no problem... I can wire that too...
-- :eek2: D@MMM------- if cable goes out!
( might as well just give up :) )

[Charlie Davidson]

BTW, as if I am not looking out for my lady... MY "boss" has one "h@LL of a wine cooler" !
Some times, its funny watching my freinds, switch over to wine.. thinkig they can.... :eek2:

[Hopeful Reefer]

If you are looking at doing just the tank, I think it was Rick that posted a solution some time ago that involved 1 or 2 marine batteries, a 12-volt AC trickle charger, and maybe a relay or something else...can't remember now...basically would power the important stuff for a few hours or a day until power came back...

If you are looking for the important appliances as well, do yourself a favor and go with the whole house generator on a transfer switch...goes on automatically when the power goes off...and then shuts off when the power comes back on...

[Charlie Davidson]

I do have a power inverter and High dollor battery.. I used during last major storm..

[twon8]

i have some backup ups' for computers that i have some flow hooked up to, it gets me a few hours of flow till i can hook up to a generator

[Hopeful Reefer]

I thought the power supply that was talked about previously lasted darn near a day...can't remember for certain...I'll try to find a post and link it here...