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[Salty Cracker]

baclava is a dessert...balaclava?

baklava is a dessert. 

 

[BIGSHOW]

[quote author=vdubz link=topic=7250.msg75230#msg75230 date=1388589669]
baclava is a dessert...balaclava?

baklava is a dessert. 
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The spelling police just got schooled!

 

[Salty Cracker]

Sort of on topic, I just put a smart ups 1500 under the tank.  I  am only hooking one return pump up to it, I figure it can run for a fairly long time like that, and I can hook in a heater if need be.  That will keep the level of water up in the tank (stuff has started to grow up above the low water mark).  I'll likely hit the test button and see how long it will actually pump water.  I was going to hook the whole apex up to it, outlets and all, but figured that wouldn't run for very long. 

 

[harleymike]

Sort of on topic, I just put a smart ups 1500 under the tank.  I  am only hooking one return pump up to it, I figure it can run for a fairly long time like that, and I can hook in a heater if need be.  That will keep the level of water up in the tank (stuff has started to grow up above the low water mark).  I'll likely hit the test button and see how long it will actually pump water.  I was going to hook the whole apex up to it, outlets and all, but figured that wouldn't run for very long. 

I looked at ups system. But for what they cost and only run for a short time. I spent a bit more and got the generator. I can last for days now if i need to. And keep the family comfortable.

 

[unibob]

I will be interested to see if it even runs a pump depending on which UPS you got. don't see it lasting long with a heater attached

 

[Salty Cracker]

[quote author=Salty Cracker link=topic=7250.msg75240#msg75240 date=1388594459]
Sort of on topic, I just put a smart ups 1500 under the tank.  I  am only hooking one return pump up to it, I figure it can run for a fairly long time like that, and I can hook in a heater if need be.  That will keep the level of water up in the tank (stuff has started to grow up above the low water mark).  I'll likely hit the test button and see how long it will actually pump water.  I was going to hook the whole apex up to it, outlets and all, but figured that wouldn't run for very long. 

I looked at ups system. But for what they cost and only run for a short time. I spent a bit more and got the generator. I can last for days now if i need to. And keep the family comfortable.

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I agree, I have a big generator out in the shed, this is for the ~1hour outages that kills everything that is above the return pipes.  I have a couple of millies, an undata and a monti cap that all will die if the power is out and they dry out.  I was pouring cups of water on them the last outage. 

http://youtu.be/O06PLCh8tD4
I did this upgrade to a couple of  ups' I got off kijiji for a song.  I run my pc, internet and 3 monitors for almost an hour or more on a second one I have, so a pump should run hella long time. 

 

[unibob]

[quote author=harleymike link=topic=7250.msg75258#msg75258 date=1388597293]
[quote author=Salty Cracker link=topic=7250.msg75240#msg75240 date=1388594459]
Sort of on topic, I just put a smart ups 1500 under the tank.  I  am only hooking one return pump up to it, I figure it can run for a fairly long time like that, and I can hook in a heater if need be.  That will keep the level of water up in the tank (stuff has started to grow up above the low water mark).  I'll likely hit the test button and see how long it will actually pump water.  I was going to hook the whole apex up to it, outlets and all, but figured that wouldn't run for very long. 

I looked at ups system. But for what they cost and only run for a short time. I spent a bit more and got the generator. I can last for days now if i need to. And keep the family comfortable.

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I agree, I have a big generator out in the shed, this is for the ~1hour outages that kills everything that is above the return pipes.  I have a couple of millies, an undata and a monti cap that all will die if the power is out and they dry out.  I was pouring cups of water on them the last outage. 

http://youtu.be/O06PLCh8tD4
I did this upgrade to a couple of  ups' I got off kijiji for a song.  I run my pc, internet and 3 monitors for almost an hour or more on a second one I have, so a pump should run hella long time.
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Kill the power and see how it goes.

 

[harleymike]

ahhh ok makes sense. Where does one find these old discarded battery backkups

 

[Salty Cracker]

[quote author=Salty Cracker link=topic=7250.msg75266#msg75266 date=1388600909]
[quote author=harleymike link=topic=7250.msg75258#msg75258 date=1388597293]
[quote author=Salty Cracker link=topic=7250.msg75240#msg75240 date=1388594459]
Sort of on topic, I just put a smart ups 1500 under the tank.  I  am only hooking one return pump up to it, I figure it can run for a fairly long time like that, and I can hook in a heater if need be.  That will keep the level of water up in the tank (stuff has started to grow up above the low water mark).  I'll likely hit the test button and see how long it will actually pump water.  I was going to hook the whole apex up to it, outlets and all, but figured that wouldn't run for very long. 

I looked at ups system. But for what they cost and only run for a short time. I spent a bit more and got the generator. I can last for days now if i need to. And keep the family comfortable.

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I agree, I have a big generator out in the shed, this is for the ~1hour outages that kills everything that is above the return pipes.  I have a couple of millies, an undata and a monti cap that all will die if the power is out and they dry out.  I was pouring cups of water on them the last outage. 

http://youtu.be/O06PLCh8tD4
I did this upgrade to a couple of  ups' I got off kijiji for a song.  I run my pc, internet and 3 monitors for almost an hour or more on a second one I have, so a pump should run hella long time.
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Kill the power and see how it goes.
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There's a test switch on it, and you can plug them into a pc and it will tell you how it's doing, how much time left etc....  I'll do it when I'm not watching puppies and the winter classic lol. 

 

[Reef Hero]

Great idea glen! I need to get a ups for my return pump also because I got some pieces that are almost out of the water lol
What are you running for return pump? And have u tested the ups to see how long it lasts?


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[Salty Cracker]

Great idea glen! I need to get a ups for my return pump also because I got some pieces that are almost out of the water lol
What are you running for return pump? And have u tested the ups to see how long it lasts?


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I have 2 pumps, both marineland pumps I think, one is really weak otherwise my returns get overpowered.  I may take it out to give it a cleaning here shortly, then I'll give it a test.  When it's running now, it's not even registering a 'load' on the ups so I figure it might even run longer than an hour...

 

[Salty Cracker]

Okay it's a marineland NJ3000 pump.  I ran it for 1 hour and it only used up one dot on the ups, so hypothetically it would run for ~8 hours.  So if things were bad I could run that and a heater for probably 2-3 hours straight, and then use a generator to recharge the ups.  If power was out for longer than a day I could use the generator on the whole tank for an hour and recharge the ups at the same time. 

 

[Reef Hero]

Okay it's a marineland NJ3000 pump.  I ran it for 1 hour and it only used up one dot on the ups, so hypothetically it would run for ~8 hours.  So if things were bad I could run that and a heater for probably 2-3 hours straight, and then use a generator to recharge the ups.  If power was out for longer than a day I could use the generator on the whole tank for an hour and recharge the ups at the same time.

Nice. Did you used to live in Lucan by any chance?


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[Salty Cracker]

[quote author=Salty Cracker link=topic=7250.msg75307#msg75307 date=1388621583]
Okay it's a marineland NJ3000 pump.  I ran it for 1 hour and it only used up one dot on the ups, so hypothetically it would run for ~8 hours.  So if things were bad I could run that and a heater for probably 2-3 hours straight, and then use a generator to recharge the ups.  If power was out for longer than a day I could use the generator on the whole tank for an hour and recharge the ups at the same time.

Nice. Did you used to live in Lucan by any chance?


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What an odd question.