Electricity is out!

Hot water in milk jugs? It's gonna take quite awhile for your tank to cool off to a point where anything will be affected.

I wouldn't worry about it too much until your house starts getting 50-60 degrees.

 

Water movement and temp is the key! How cold is it in your house?

 

Glad to hear it is back on. Lack of water movement, from what I was told during the Fall Fest by one of the speakers, is a faster killer than water temps. I was looking at one of the battery backup air pumps that kicks in when power goes out, but those suckers are $80. I have an old computer UPS that still works that I am going to hook up to a powerhead for my tank. I might see how long it lasts with just the powerhead running. If I had a heater in the tank and not in the sump, I would possibly hook that up too, but I think that it will draw too much power to provide an extended amount of protection.

Of course if I was home when the power went out I could move a heater around.

 

So now that you have learned a lesson.

Go buy a battery operated air pump.

Another option is a cheap power inverter that you can hook onto your vehicle battery & run an extension cord. As long as your car has gas, you have power.

 

Generator

 

I don't advocate doing this but in a bind you could have cut the grounding prong off the extension cord. ONLY USE IT FOR THIS PURPOSE THEY ARE THERE FOR A REASON.