Vortech battery back up vectra L2

FishOkay

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Dec 16, 2021
Messages
360
Reaction score
316
Location
UK
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Does anyone have any idea how long the vortech battery would keep my Vectra L2 return pump going at say 100%? Realistically I only really want/need it to run for an hour or so on battery. Is that realistic?
 

CasperOe

In it to win it!
View Badges
Joined
Feb 14, 2022
Messages
3,261
Reaction score
5,714
Location
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
A precise run time is extremely hard to quantify- is it a brand new battery backup? Batteries deteriorates over time, there's a lot of external factors. The runtime of the of return pump when being powered by the backup can be influenced by a number of different factors, many of which you cannot control.

Have you bought the backup already? :)

Try this battery calculator or any equivalent online ones.

Your battery is 18 AH / 12 volts. You will know the power consumption of your return pump at 100%.
 
OP
OP
FishOkay

FishOkay

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Dec 16, 2021
Messages
360
Reaction score
316
Location
UK
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
A precise run time is extremely hard to quantify- is it a brand new battery backup? Batteries deteriorates over time, there's a lot of external factors. The runtime of the of return pump when being powered by the backup can be influenced by a number of different factors, many of which you cannot control.

Have you bought the backup already? :)

Try this battery calculator or any equivalent online ones.

Your battery is 18 AH / 12 volts. You will know the power consumption of your return pump at 100%.
Thank you very much for the link I will take a look! And no I haven't bought the battery back up yet just trying to find the best option. The vortech is probably the simplest solution but I was also thinking of attempting a DIY battery back up as I do have a 1500w inverter I could hook up to a battery it's just I wouldn't know white to start regarding a transfer switch and all that.
 

Reefing threads: Do you wear gear from reef brands?

  • I wear reef gear everywhere.

    Votes: 35 16.3%
  • I wear reef gear primarily at fish events and my LFS.

    Votes: 13 6.0%
  • I wear reef gear primarily for water changes and tank maintenance.

    Votes: 1 0.5%
  • I wear reef gear primarily to relax where I live.

    Votes: 28 13.0%
  • I don’t wear gear from reef brands.

    Votes: 124 57.7%
  • Other.

    Votes: 14 6.5%
Back
Top