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- From: kncarp@nicsn1.monsanto.com (Kevin N. Carpenter)
- Subject: Re: (M)(R) Back up power for reef tank?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.033608.10591@tin.monsanto.com>
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- Organization: Monsanto Company
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- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 03:36:08 GMT
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- :
- : I was recently asked what I would do with my 45 gallon reef tank in
- : the event of a power outage. I thought a bit and really couldn't come
- : up with a good answer. All I could think of was the battery powered
- : air pumps I seen forsale. Anyone with a reef tank have any experience
- : with this? Are a couple of battery powered air pumps enough for a
- : unpredicted power outage? Obviously bubbles breaking the surface are
- : better then nothing at all, but are they enough?
- :
- : I only have a 45 I wonder what Steve would do with his mega reef. . . .
- :
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- I don't know about Steve, but I have one surface agitation powerhead on
- my PC's UPS. The UPS is primarily there to allow me to gracefully shutdown
- the PC. Once the computer draw is turned off, the UPS will run the power
- head for a day or two (power heads typically only draw 5-10 watts). In a sense,
- this makes for a rather reliable "battery powered" device.
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- Kevin Carpenter Internet: kncarp@nicsn1.monsanto.com
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