Power failure for 4 hours!

Tynan Rasmus · 04-05-2007, 12:39 PM

Man the power around here is bad, this is the second 4 - 5 hour failure in the last 3 months. Anyhow, I was at work, so a bit paranoid to what I would find when I got home.

However, what I found was that my $99 C.T. backup was still at 80%!! and the tanks were doing just fine

... That thing is great!

wiszmaster · 04-05-2007, 12:45 PM

sure is ... i'll be hooking up my 5000va backup unit up soon ... just need to get the power run for it (230v)

hng · 04-05-2007, 12:49 PM

Let's hear more about your backup system. How much, where did you get it, what is it hooked to? We all could use a backup power supply.

Tynan Rasmus · 04-05-2007, 12:57 PM

This is it, I have posted it here before in case you are wondering. Its a $99 NOMA 400w power backup, it went on sale from $200 so I jumped on it. Its running one heater in each of my tanks, and a filter on one, and a power head on the other. After 4 hours the batt was still at 80% so I am guessing I could get anywhere from 8 - 10 hours out of it.

skeety · 04-05-2007, 01:14 PM

awesome. I REALLY need to get one of these...

this is my BIGGEST fear. All this work I do on the tank, and all I need is ONE power failure to crash it all.

Very smart set up.

hng · 04-05-2007, 01:15 PM

Thanks for the info. Is "NOMA" a Canadian brand? I haven't heard of it before. The only stuff I commonly see around here is "APC" brand of uninterupted power supply. I wonder if a 40 watt APC would work just as well? Anybody have experience with that?

Reefmo · 04-05-2007, 01:35 PM

Check out http://www.upsforless.com they sell refurbs. Can get way more bang for the buck.

Im gonna purchase from there soon.

Reefmo

Tynan Rasmus · 04-05-2007, 01:43 PM

I looked at APC, actually I had ordered one before I found this. It was going to cost me $300 and would not have lasted more than 2 hours. Nothing beats this for the price. I am not sure if NOMA is a canadian brand or not, but it is sold by Canadian Tire, so could be. SHould beable to get them on ebay though. There is also one model bigger.

wiszmaster · 04-05-2007, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reefmo

Check out http://www.upsforless.com they sell refurbs. Can get way more bang for the buck.

Im gonna purchase from there soon.

Reefmo

I've done lots of business with www.refurbups.com - NEVER had an issue with anything i purchased from them ... i usuallypurchase larger units from them ... $2,000 - $6,000