kryppy wrote:
Well, just got my power back after seventeen days.

I have been on the generator and inverters for so long, I am thinking
of disconnecting from the stupid weak grid.

I never realized just how much power these tanks consume!
Anyway, kept a 180 full of corals and a bunch of fish in perfect
condition. My eleven year old grouper in his nasty 55 didn't even
notice, and my two 29 grow out tanks seem better now. Weird.

I ran my generator about 8 hrs a day for the first seven days and went
to 12 - 24 hours when the fuel started flowing freely again and the
days dragged on.
I ran battery bubblers when the genset was off, and I think i could
have got by without them.

All in all, my 5250 watt generator I bought for $300 a week before the
storm made my hurricane experience an ok vacation.




Ok, you've got me thinking....
How do you determine what size generator you need to run an aquarium? We
will shortly be in a position to be able to afford a generator,
something we've always wanted as we live on a farm and water to the
house is all via pressure pumps from tanks.

We were dairy farming for the last 12 years and never missed milking
twice a day so our power is fairly reliable and we don't get
hurricanes/cyclones. The longest our power has been out in the last 22
years is 11 hours but there is always a first time.

Any advice?

Thankyou.