moving rock in trailer in cold climate

"wolfhedd" wrote in message ink.net...
I will be transporting my reef, for the most part its just rock with alot of
decent life on more than half of them. i will be using a 20ft livein trailer
type and make a one way travel-journey up north from southern california
with a 60 gal reef that needs to run off inverters. 300 watt heater will
kill the bateries in no time. how cold can i let these things get?


Heat Packs may help a little, but that is a long and potentially cold
trip.

If it were me, I would hook up the inverter to your tow vehicle while
traveling... This will keep things charged up. If you use decent
wire (12 guage or so for a long run), you should be able to keep
enough juice pumping into your batteries to keep things going.

Wrap some good insulation around everything to minimize heat loss...

ok, if i do this, then a problem will be heat, cause my 300wtt heater is too
much for inverter/battery supply i think. but i may have a 100watt heater.
r u guys suggesting ac or dc heater? i only know of ac heaters. on the
pump, i have ac also, i guess i could get all this hooked up to my intverter
and see what happens, without the sump pumps rolling like last time i tried
it may be alot more effieient. thanks again for the advice.
wolf

"Patrick" wrote in message
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"wolfhedd" wrote in message
ink.net...
I will be transporting my reef, for the most part its just rock with
alot of
decent life on more than half of them. i will be using a 20ft livein
trailer
type and make a one way travel-journey up north from southern california
with a 60 gal reef that needs to run off inverters. 300 watt heater will
kill the bateries in no time. how cold can i let these things get?


Heat Packs may help a little, but that is a long and potentially cold
trip.

If it were me, I would hook up the inverter to your tow vehicle while
traveling... This will keep things charged up. If you use decent
wire (12 guage or so for a long run), you should be able to keep
enough juice pumping into your batteries to keep things going.

Wrap some good insulation around everything to minimize heat loss...

wolfhedd wrote:
ok, if i do this, then a problem will be heat, cause my 300wtt heater is too
much for inverter/battery supply i think. but i may have a 100watt heater.
r u guys suggesting ac or dc heater? i only know of ac heaters. on the
pump, i have ac also, i guess i could get all this hooked up to my intverter
and see what happens, without the sump pumps rolling like last time i tried
it may be alot more effieient. thanks again for the advice.
wolf

"Patrick" wrote in message
om...

"wolfhedd" wrote in message

ink.net...

I will be transporting my reef, for the most part its just rock with

alot of

decent life on more than half of them. i will be using a 20ft livein

trailer

type and make a one way travel-journey up north from southern california
with a 60 gal reef that needs to run off inverters. 300 watt heater will
kill the bateries in no time. how cold can i let these things get?


Heat Packs may help a little, but that is a long and potentially cold
trip.

If it were me, I would hook up the inverter to your tow vehicle while
traveling... This will keep things charged up. If you use decent
wire (12 guage or so for a long run), you should be able to keep
enough juice pumping into your batteries to keep things going.

Wrap some good insulation around everything to minimize heat loss...



Is there any way you can get a small portable generator for the trailer.
Might just be handy for the time in the wilderness too.

Rex


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You've got to be really careful with small generators, for a bunch of
reasons..

1) Most small generators (by small I mean 1000 Watts or so) don't like
to be constantly on the move while running. The bearings aren't really
designed to handle the gyroscopic loads that come from spinning real
fast while abruptly changing direction (i.e. hitting bumps in the
road, potholes, etc). You can really take a few years off of a small
generator by doing this. Ask me how I know

b) Very hard to mount so that you aren't going to set something on
fire!

III) You've got to worry about keeping it fueled on the road - the
small ones only have fuel capacity for around 3 hours or so.

Four) Exhaust venting! They pump out CO and other nasties like crazy
- even a small leak in your trailer will kill everything in your tank
in an hour or two.


The only way I would do this is if I had a pickup. Put the generator
in the pickup bed, and run an extension cord to the trailer somehow.



Budman wrote in message ...
wolfhedd wrote:


Is there any way you can get a small portable generator for the trailer.
Might just be handy for the time in the wilderness too.

Rex

no, no generator. cant afford one yet. just truck hookup, and maybe solar
supplement.
wolf

"Patrick" wrote in message
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You've got to be really careful with small generators, for a bunch of
reasons..

1) Most small generators (by small I mean 1000 Watts or so) don't like
to be constantly on the move while running. The bearings aren't really
designed to handle the gyroscopic loads that come from spinning real
fast while abruptly changing direction (i.e. hitting bumps in the
road, potholes, etc). You can really take a few years off of a small
generator by doing this. Ask me how I know

b) Very hard to mount so that you aren't going to set something on
fire!

III) You've got to worry about keeping it fueled on the road - the
small ones only have fuel capacity for around 3 hours or so.

Four) Exhaust venting! They pump out CO and other nasties like crazy
- even a small leak in your trailer will kill everything in your tank
in an hour or two.


The only way I would do this is if I had a pickup. Put the generator
in the pickup bed, and run an extension cord to the trailer somehow.



Budman wrote in message
...
wolfhedd wrote:


Is there any way you can get a small portable generator for the trailer.
Might just be handy for the time in the wilderness too.

Rex