Battery Backup Guide

chippy69 asked:


I have a marine aquarium and had a very lucky escape last night after a power cut.Fortunately I managed to save all the fish and corals but am now worried that a longer power cut will wipe out the lot.
As I’m no electrician and don’t understand the technical data given after having typed ‘Battery back-up’ into Google,I need some help please.
I’m looking for a simple plug-in system that will support the essentials,(heater,filter box & maybe one powerhead)for as long as possible I guess…something that re-charges itself once power is restored.I need the essentials to plug into it using standard UK plugs.
Is such a thing available or have I just come up with an idea for the ‘Dragon’s Den’ with no brains to make it happen????

►Fish Man◄ asked:


I want to get a backup airpump (can run of batteries in a power cut)

i will run a splitter of it and run a airstone on one end and a filter on the other

What airpump powered filter would be best for a backup filter in a 50 gallon aquarium

� Fuzzy Dice asked:


how do you prevent a disaster when the power goes off from 02:00 to 07:45 AM and you don’t know that the power is off? Our power went off and nobody noticed it. I lost fish from it because my filters, pumps, etc. were off for about 8 hours. What are my options to build a battery backup or other solution?

ßübblëš asked:


one that will last about 5 hours (not all at once though)

tsupersonic1986 asked:


So, a friend has this fish tank: http://www.aquavistainc.com/products.html

Yesterday night, the power went out, and the heater was supposed to default to 77 degrees Fahrenheit (25 Celsius) when the power came back on, but for some reason, it went to 113 degrees Fahrenheit (45 Celsius). This ended up killing the poor fish.
What she wants is a battery backup so that if power does go out, they would like the tank to maintain temperature.

I know the tank uses 0.125 KW or 125 Watts.

Can anyone recommend a solution?
Edit: The entire tank (airstone,filter,heater,light) is run by a single power cord.

Dr. Bogger asked:


I was looking into getting a battery backup UPS for my aquarium incase power goes out… However, I was looking at the specs of some, and i found this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16842117004

I need to know, aproximately how long this will run my aquarium filter, and air pump for? I have a AquaClear 50 Filter, and my air pump only runs on like 3 watts or less.

Anyone have any ideas?