J-P wrote:depending on the load, you can get a good 3 hours of continuous output with a car battery. We had to do that with our lights once.
Most Aquaclear filters only use 6 watts and I bet most other HOBs and powerheads use about the same amount of power.
A small car battery is rated for about 50 amp/hours and according to the site below it will run an inverter for 83 hours with a 6 watt load. Most canister filters are around 25 watts so this setup would run one for close to 20 hours. And you wouldn't have to run it continuously which would give you even more time, or allow you to shuffle from tank to tank.
Looks like a power inverter is a great idea and you can get a 400 watt for about $30. It would be good to have one for other reasons too...Like running your PC, modem, or phone charger.
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My Puffers: 1 GSP (Microfiche) RIP, 1 Monotrete Turgidus (Leon) in a 30gal. 1 Monotrete suvattii in a 40 gal FW. 120 gallon BW with 3 juvenile Dragon Gobies (so cool). 55 gal with a 2" GSP named Hank. 180 gallon being set up for a Fahaka in the next few months!
Pufferpunk wrote:I lost most of the fish in my reef after 4 hours without flow.
That's a reef tank though, it has constant higher oxygen and flow demands. If you are tanking the typical FW tank, even a low stock marine tank, you can get by for a while.
"Darwin swings...annnnnnd a miss. Boy Jim, Chuck's suffered at the plate tonight. He's 0 for 3 and I'm not sure he's recovered from that shoulder pull a few weeks ago. I'll bet the front office is re-thinking that contract."
Hey, PP, have you had to use the rented generator this go-round?
~ Candice With the following creatures in various tanks:
1 GSP with live rock and red mushrooms (viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25686)
1 Red-ear Slider Turtle—32-yrs-old!
1 African Cichlid - not sure of species
2 Green Terror Cichlids
2 Jack Dempsey Cichlids
~30 Jewel Cichlids
My Puffers: Puffers I have kept: T lineatus T miurus A modestus T biocellatus C valentini C coranata C papuan C lorteti DPs suvattii burrfish T niphobles
Nope, although the electricity went off 9x during the storm, it always went back on after a minute. I did have to rent it for 2 days ($60) because the store was closed the day after the storm. Well worth the $$$ for peace of mind.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
I think we have been accustomed to the snow here in Canada (or it?). I put it in my yard 4 feet of snow, snow, 6 feet of snow in some places, where they have cleared the high street. We just keep on shipping .....
My Puffers: Puffers I have kept: T lineatus T miurus A modestus T biocellatus C valentini C coranata C papuan C lorteti DPs suvattii burrfish T niphobles
I bought my Harbor Freight power inverter a while back so I am ready. I hope I don't need to use it but if I do I'll post the results.
There are many knowledgeable fish keepers on this forum willing to help and give great advice...The advice is free; What you choose to do with it gives it value.
