auto-activating battery powered air pump question.

[Linda C.]

I'm looking for suggestions on a good brand of a battery powered air pump. Also, I would like to mount them onto the back wall (behind) my tank. I want to keep things looking as good as possible/low profile and wonder if any members have installed these.
Other questions: Do you use rigid tubing?, what type of air stones do you suggest? (the wooden kind?), do you leave one tube free of a air stone to aid with water movement/turbulence? I have seen in my travels somewhere a long time ago a plastic trays hold air pumps and supplies that hang on the tanks...would that work/are there better things out there?

I am the daughter of a "mr. doom and gloom"....I am getting prepared because of where I live.....power goes out A LOT.

I am also needing help with finding a generator that starts up if I'm not home (do they make something like that??) I own a huge one that runs the house but I have to start it manually.

Thanks guys!

 

[Dave ESPI]

hook things up to a " USP" as designed for a computer.

I too need to get one. Cohoes has been nightmareish as of reciently with power flickering, and it is very annoying.

* Uninteruptable Supply Power ( like a big battery for your PC)

 

[scorp1on]

Re: auto-activating battery powered air pump question.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7390195#post7390195 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Linda C.

I am also needing help with finding a generator that starts up if I'm not home (do they make something like that??) I own a huge one that runs the house but I have to start it manually.

I beleive there is a post in the upstate group about these a year back. I'll search and see if I can find it.

 

[scorp1on]

Quite a few post in their group since they have so many.

Ones that will switch on when your not home are REAL pricey

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/prod...t=Generators+&+Accessories&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes

http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDU...BV_EngineID=ccdjaddhldfmkjjcgelceffdfgidgim.0

 

[michaelg]

I use these blue ones- cost about $15 a piece. I run rigid line into a air lift tube (PVC with an elbow). No airstones. They run for a good 6 hrs in my experience off a couple D batteries. They plug in to an outlet, and kick on when current goes out. Inexpensive and reliable. A generator is the way to go if you really want to be safe, but it needs to be kept outside somewhere. They can be rigged to fire up when power goes out.

 

[Linda C.]

If you get a chance to see the brand name on the blue one you have please let me know. I have been searching the internet and reading reviews (for the very few I can find so far). Is yours the Penn-Plex B11 or something else? I found a few reviews on others that "weren't very nice" to say the least. I rather go with one that someone is happy with.
Thanks for all your help Michael.

 

[scorp1on]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7397279#post7397279 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by scorp1on
Quite a few post in their group since they have so many.

Ooops
Menat so many power outages out there

 

[michaelg]

Yes, the pen plex is it. Petsolutions.com has them for $11 each.

 

[michaelg]

Mine came in handy yesterday. 2 hr outage. I was home when it happened and of course I hadn't bothered hooking them up yet. Well that task is taken care of now. I ordered 3 more. During a long outage, it is a good idea to circulate water that is sitting in your sump as well. I will have 2 on the 58, 1 on the 20gallon, one on the seahorse tank, 1 one the sump, and one backup. Should keep a good supply of batteries on hand as well.