Power Outage

Where is this going on at?

 

I am in Davenport area?

 

Go team you.

 

Sounds like your investment in battery back ups will finally be paying off! Four hours without current shouldn't be cause for too much alarm, but seeing how you will have 40's going the whole time it sounds like you will be covered.

 

I personally would only worry about the temp as the other part of this equation.


I keep my home cold so the temp drops a lot.

Last time I had a scheduled outage, I turned up the ambient temp inthe home.

 

i agree. If you want additional assurance you could run a battery powered pump with an airstone.

 

Turn your heat up in the house to 78 or so a hour before the power goes out. That will keep the tank warmer during the outage.

 

I have a backup system that can run a 200 watt heater and a korilla 400gph power head for at least 24 hours.

 

Pretty sweet idea. Better than what I have as a backup! NOTHING! I have to drag in a darn generator!

 

How much was the inverter?

 

Have you actually tested that? A 200 watt heater won't run anywhere near 24 hours continuously on a car battery. It really would depend on how often the heater is actually on and how good of shape the battery is in. The korlia draws very little power only about 5 watts so that I can easily it see running over a week on the battery if need be.