Ecotech Battery Backup Opinions

[Afrashz]

What do you guys think of the Ecotech battery backup? Is it effective? Is it worth the price? Are there better alternatives? Thanks!!

 

[monti mike]

Following! I’m curious as well.

 

[dwest]

I think they are great. I replace the battery inside the unit every 3 years. Very worthwhile for me.

 

[Afrashz]

I think they are great. I replace the battery inside the unit every 3 years. Very worthwhile for me.

okay great....how many pumps do you run off them?

 

[dwest]

I actually use 2 batteries on one mp40. I should get about 3 days of run time.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

I also run the ecotech battery backups, I have 1 battery per pump. 6 Vortechs and 2 Vectras.

Definitely well worth it.

 

[Nano man]

I bought mine for hurricane season! Have not had to use it yet but to protect my babies, money’s no object. I think every reefer here would agree!
J

 

[Afrashz]

You guys are quite convincing, tomorrow I may bite the bullet

 

[Greg P]

If you're tight for space, or not inclined to DIY, then go for it.
Value-wise, you're better off to make your own.

Assuming you're in the USA - links;
Battery Tender Jr, 12volt 18Ah battery, Ecotech fused links

 

[Afrashz]

I bit the bullet. LiveAquaria had one for 165.00 that seemed like a decent deal I guess.

 

[Cwentz758]

BRS ran a test with an MP 10 and got 3 days out of it. I have it run my S2 return pump which already runs low so I’ll have a good amount of run time.

 

[Afrashz]

S2? What’s that?

 

[monti mike]

S2? What’s that?

Ecotech’s DC return pump. They call it the Vectra and there’s different sizes. The S2 is the smaller size, version 2

 

[monti mike]

Ecotech’s DC return pump. They call it the Vectra and there’s different sizes. The S2 is the smaller size, version 2

Apparently the version 1s sometimes melted :oops:

 

[Nano man]

I bit the bullet. LiveAquaria had one for 165.00 that seemed like a decent deal I guess.

That’s what i paid.
Better to be safe than sorry!

 

[destro]

I've had mine for about 4 years now. There's been a few power outages and glad I had it.

 

[Cwentz758]

You can find them on here from people leaving the hobby for cheap sometimes too.

 

[shoelaceike]

BRS ran a test with an MP 10 and got 3 days out of it. I have it run my S2 return pump which already runs low so I’ll have a good amount of run time.

Do you know how long it will run the S2 for?

 

[ReeferMaddne$$]

i got a new one on ebay for $120 and love the thing. It has already come in handy 3 times during power outages since nov.

 

[Cwentz758]

Do you know how long it will run the S2 for?

Not sure, it ran mine for atleast 6 hours but then I got power back. I also run mine at 4% normally so I don’t need a lot of juice