I have a Tunze 1703.050 water pump set up as a 24 pin configuration. When the power goes out, it automatically kicks over to a 24v deep cycle Marine battery set up. The batteries are 2 12v configured to be 24v and are maintained with a 24v battery tender. Great peace of mind when you are not home to hook up the generator.
Power failure must haves - what do you do?
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KingTriton1
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How do you allow this configuration? Do you just connect the two 12v batteries together before connecting to the 24v pump?
Example-
Do you have one 12v battery wired to another 12v battery then.. one of the 12v batteries wired to the 24v pump?
The 2 12v batteries are connected in series to provide 24v of power. That is connected to the Tunze Safety Connector 6105.500 which is connected to the power supply of the Tunze water pump. The batteries are 122 amps each but when connected in series you still only get 122 amps but you double the voltage. The pump runs at about 1.8ah so I can get about 2.5 days of power with this. The longest it has ran under battery power has been 2 days when my daughter accidentally turned off the main pump switch while we were at the beach.
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Batteries wired in series (positive to negative) will add their voltage, in parallel (Neg tied to neg, and pos tied to pos) will add current capability.
KingTriton1
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Pretty Neat. I did not know that. I am currently running a 18V battery return pump "Tunze 1073.05" with a 35ah 12v back up battery. Will this just decrease the amount of flow by using a 12v compared to a 24v?
Thank you for a product suggestion, not a bad price when considering this is basically insurance for the tank.
One item that I have a concern with is our heaters are in the sump, we have a 290 DT, so we need larger heaters to keep the tank at temp. I'm trying to figure out how to handle a power outage with the apex for when we are not home. I do not want to keep a heater in the DT because I don't want cords showing. Looks like we need to get a battery backup large enough to handle the return pump for a few hours. This will give us a chance to get us or someone to the house to get a heater in the DT.
odj22sailor
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I just ordered one of these I am using 2 12vdc in parallel and 2 in series I think that will power me up for 3-5 day as that is how long my power losses are. The system will not feel the loss of power at all, as it will switch on and off on its own....
http://www.tripplite.com/powerverte...er-auto-transfer-switching-hardwired~APS2424/
http://www.tripplite.com/powerverte...er-auto-transfer-switching-hardwired~APS2424/
Reef Frog
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My power company has an option available to give you an automated call when the power is out on your street.
That's certainly not the solution the OP is looking for but it does add a layer of protection for those without automatic generators. But I'm not sure it can detect an individual home outage, which is fairly rare if you have underground wire from street to the house.
That's certainly not the solution the OP is looking for but it does add a layer of protection for those without automatic generators. But I'm not sure it can detect an individual home outage, which is fairly rare if you have underground wire from street to the house.
Nice! I wonder if our power company offers this. Actually, my apex should notify me too, didn't think of that, I have yet to pull the apex out of the box, no water in the tank yet!
