On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 00:26:25 -0500, "Pszemol"
wrote:

"Timothy Tom" wrote in message om...
"david" wrote in message link.net...
We have taken a few power hits during the latest storm and I am afriad it
will blow my
lights... does anyone use and UPS on their tank ?

Yes I have a back-up power supply for the main pump. It works for
about 15 mins before it is exhausted.

15 minutes? I would say your UPS is not needed at all.
You could leave it not working for 15 minutes and it would not harm the tank...

I have a 1400Va UPS on my reef, you must get one that is APC for it to
work properly....

I run my skimmer & 2 Powerheads through it since they are the most
important items & working it out the UPS /should/ run those 3 items
for about 8-8½ hours, one of these days I'll try running it on the
batteries just to see

I got mine for £145 off Ebay secondhand with a 1yr warranty & new
batteries fitted, the same unit in the shopps is £600 )


Cheers Shelton.