Why can't a gen set be an option if you live in an apartment? Are
you allowed to have a LP gas grill? For a mere 125 bucks most if mnot
all th emajority of gas engines can be converted to run off LP gas, so
there is not any storage of any fuels other than the typical LP bottle
on the gas grill, and once the gas supply is disconnected its no
longer a possible fire potential due to fuel in a typical gas tank.
Aprtments in this region all have storage areas where folks keep odds
and ends......as such...I am sure for a lot less than 3 grand a means
to powering up and not suffering thrugh a lower outage is able to be
done quite easily. Those in storm / cane prone areas where power
outages do and wil occur just do not have an excuse to try and go
short term. Its gonna bite them bigger than life.

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:38:13 -0500, that *other* annoying little troll
wrote:

Tristan wrote:

As cheap as yu can find a small gen set for nowadays IMHO that s the
best option if you have a place to store it when its not in use......

Inverters etc are all well anf fine, but what happens if yu need the
vehicle. Why burn gas to fuel a 4, 6 or 8 cyclinder engine when fuel
may be hard to find depending on reason for power outage. Same thing
for UPS.....most wil power typical systems for a hour or two, provkded
no lights or heater is used.....but then they too run out of
power......Thats the big thing with any battery powered
device........
snip

True, but the UPS setup I recommended below will run a 50 watt load for
about 105 hours. Without the noise and exhuast a generator creates.
Problem is it's over 3 grand. For those of us that live in apartments,
generators are not an option.

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:00:21 -0500, that *other* annoying little troll
wrote:

KurtG wrote:


http://www.aquariumguys.com/silentairpump.html

I've heard that these pumps are a good investment for power outages
(which we frequently have in my locale).

The book that I'm reading implies that with a tall tank (like mine) and
lots of live rock (like mine), that the fishes could suffocate fairly
quickly.

Any comments?

--Kurt


Best way to go, if you can afford it, IMO:

http://tinyurl.com/2y54nd

http://www.apc.com/resource/include/...0%284%29UXBP24

Gives ya about 4 1/2 days for a couple powerheads plus an decent air
pump. better yet, just keep your skimmer running.



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