Backup Generator

[VintageReefer]

I got this one over the winter since we were actually getting ice and snow when we usually don’t (GA). I didn’t end up needing it for that, but I did have to run it this past Wednesday for a few hours. We had a bad storm that took power out from 1:45am until 5:45am, it was expected to be 8:30am when it came back.

I only had one extension cord, so I spent every 30 minutes rotating between my 40b and 4.8g Deskmate in the living room, and the 15g cube in my bedroom. It was pretty obnoxious and I’ll definitely be getting another extension cord so I don’t have to do that again. But it was extremely useful having the generator and not stressing about whether or not will I lose something from it.

One extension cord into the house. Into a good surge protector. And then from the multi outlet surge protector, extension cords to each tank

 

[buzzfin]

I have a portable champion 7500 watt generator, which I manually hook up to a receptacle on the outside of the house that feeds directly into the breaker panel. Theres an interlock kit installed on the panel that makes it safe to do this. Then I turn on whatever breakers I want to feed. Most of my house is able to be run with the exception of A/C, Electric Stove, and toaster oven.

I would not want to have to run cords to each fish tank, that sounds like a mess and difficult to manage.

I do the same. Much cheaper than the whole-house generator solution and gets all the essentials up and running.