"swarvegorilla" wrote in message
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"Zëbulon" wrote in message
That would be a ideal for a hobbyist with a load of tanks. We have the
type fishermen use to keep their bait alive. They run for a long time on
batter power. They cost around $5 each and have lasted for years.
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I have been buying them from a chinese supplier.
They cost me around $2 Aus each if I get a box of 25
they do last for quite a while too.
If you have an inverter you can run off a car you can power an entire fish
room.

I asked my husband if he knows what a converter is and he said YES! :-)))
I think we're going to have a decent backup here soon!

Most of my setups run off one large air pump
so this has been my panic solution up until now.

These little cheapos have been our indoor solution to the loss of power we
sometimes experience. Fortunately the blackouts seldom last very long. I'm
always concerned about the pond fish in summer when this happens. But so
far they always came through ok! We never had one to die. Pond water here
can reach the 90s (F) in summer.

I like the idea of a seperate redundency tho.
SOlar is finally getting cheap
and it's getting f'ing hot and brite here in Oz


I live in the southern part of the USA so can fully appreciate the heat and
humidity you must endure down under. It can be in the 90s for days at a
time here. The only thing solar powered we have are the outside lights
around the ponds.
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