Battery Back-up Your Reef

[rob1991]

so it cna run my sedra pump for the skimmer and the return pump??? n e one out there have a mag 5 or 7 or whatever.

 

[funman1]

In the event of a power outage skip the skimmer and keep the return pump running as long as you can.

I would like to be put in the list if all others ahead of me pass.

 

[rob1991]

gotcha yeah so this will def. work for a pump though, ne one mag??? no.

 

[Reefugee]

HAHA... I been looking at UPS for the past month, and it's be a study in frustration. No vendor has been able to give me a straight answer of any sort. I am actually trying to find a reasonable price UPS using AGM deep cycle batteries. I bet it's pretty simple to modify an existing UPS to use AGM battery or deep cycle batteries - but I can't do it at work for liability reasons.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13321395#post13321395 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by shiveley
umm. as i read that i first thought "wow, that's useful information", but then it went on to say that the information related was "meaningless", and so I thought, okay then why write it...and then it moved on to discuss battery composition, which ultimately led me to believe that the author just had too much time on his hands....

I kid...Refugee obviously is a much better resource with regard to these things than me, as I've only ever used one at work, and I have never personally even seen that one... So, the long and short of it...you won't know how long it will work with your system until you try it out yourself.

 

[shiveley]

rob1991, if you're passing on the unit can you let me know.
if so, Doahh 's next on deck, followed by funman.
and yes, if necessary i can bring it to the next meeting...

 

[rob1991]

hey check your pm....