Since 2010, we have had four 'events' that left us without power for at least 4 days (longest was 6). Without a generator, my tank would not have survived any of them.
I occasionally have little blips of power outages in my area, but typically we have 1 time a year when a hurricane knocks out power to my area. Fortunately, it has been no longer than a day thus far. KNOCK ON WOOD....AND EVERY TREE IN THE AREA!!!! LOL!!!
That's what I bought! It should be in tomorrow. I'm excited. I also ordered a few small smart plugs for it as well. There's certain tasks I can automate with the smart plugs. Please don't tell me there's an app for the CyberPower that can automate the turning off/on of certain outlets on schedule. Lol!
At my house we typically have several small electrial blips a year that I barely recognize that may happen when we're sleep, buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut there's that 1 time a year that a hurricane knocks out power in my area. In those instances we've lost power anywhere from an hour to 24 hours.Thankfully my house has only lost power once in the 3.5 years I've been here and it was out for maybeeeeee 6 hours. I've never been concerned on the cold for me and the fur creatures since we have a large fireplace that heat the main floor pretty well (upstairs is an empty guest room and my craft studio only) But now y'all got me worried that I'm not remotely prepared for the aquatic members of the family
Would a 4gal pico be more "okay" in an outage than say the 40gal breeder we're working on setup for? We have tanks spread throughout the house and that sounds like a mess to run cords for (also a cat who chews on electrical cords) but the 40 gal freshwater and soon to be 40gal reef will be basically next to each other and could more easily set up external power for those. I haven't been worried about the smaller freshie tanks since our house is kept at 76 and half of them don't even have a heater in them at all. But I'd worry about the pico....
pic of the cord eater in action (I need to organize my computers....)
My company is part of DRP response for a lot of hurricane area. We fly imagery to get damage extend and help direct aid groups / first responders (and insurance companies to get payouts for people with damage) so I can only imagine how often and detrimental those can be!
Sounds like you have a very interesting and impactful job. Sounds like you know firsthand how mother nature can cause issues to facilitate losing power. I just know that my microwave clock is blinking every other month or so. Lol!!!!
If you have delicate electronics for your set up, you may want to consider picking up an in-line UPS as opposed to the cheaper versions. Those blips burned out about $5k of electronics in my house already... It's not the surges that will get you, it's those brown outs or low/high/low power blips that sensitive electronics just can't handle.
It's tough in Florida, I hear everyone say the same thing. I'm in NC and we do get hit pretty decently but it's definitely nothing like what you all down there get on that awesome stretch of peninsula.
Did you have to get this outside box you plug into installed onto your house or was it already there? What are 220 outlets?
