Re: Going home for the holidays, fishies.... not.

"Donald Kerns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 0rion wrote:
>
> > 1. If I get a standard household UPS for the tank to supply power to
> > the pump, approximately how long will it last? Not sure about the
> > specifications.
>
> Not long enough. WAGging some numbers here...
>
> Assume 30W for lighting, 20W for pump (strictly WAGs mind you) and a
> 500A-hr UPS with a 80% efficiency...
>
> That's 50W worth of load on a 500W-hr UPS would be 10 hours but dropping
> to 8 hours due to efficiency.
>
> Typical month is ~720 hours...
>
> Dropping the lighting and only running the pump... tipity-tapity would
> be 20 hours.
>
> Assuming I messed up and the pump is only 5 watts would give you 80hrs.
>
> Bzzzt. Wrong answer.
>
> You MIGHT be able to work a solar voltaic thru the window to a battery
> to an inverter... but...
>
> Since you're in UCI, I assume that tank temperature isn't going to be a
> problem...
>
> Still, I'd be thinking long and hard about a short term move for those
> fish.
>
> -Donald

i am, i am

i have to inconvenience a few people to do so, but it's looking extremely
likely that i'll have to move them elsewhere for a while. fortunately it's
only 15 gallons (and still a nightmare)