Power cuts/winter is coming ‘John Snow’!

[Sunslo]

Hello all ye reefers

Advice please!! The area where I live is going through extreme power failures, apart from the normal loadshedding. Normally if It happens durig the day, I switch to a converter that will last 3 - 4 hours. This morning though power failure started at 12.30 and I did not wake up until 4 am.

In summer this would not be a problem, but in winter time this is another story. I have to switch to my Inverter manually and it is not a set up that goes onto battery power automatically.

I don’t think there is much one can do apart from spending a lot of money to keep the system running? Any advice would be appreciated!

Has anyone ever made a night cover for their tanks to isolate the cold? Haha?!!!!

 

[Dexter]

Even if you have a backup system in place that switch over automatically. If one run heaters on it...the batteries wont last long at all. Unfortunately smaller tanks suffer more during cold days. With a larger tank temp drops much slower.
But i think you onto something with the covers. Ive seen guys covering sumps etc with gladwrap. But havent seen covers yet.

 

[EFJ]

Where are you situated?

 

[Sunslo]

Even if you have a backup system in place that switch over automatically. If one run heaters on it...the batteries wont last long at all. Unfortunately smaller tanks suffer more during cold days. With a larger tank temp drops much slower.
But i think you onto something with the covers. Ive seen guys covering sumps etc with gladwrap. But havent seen covers yet.

I have a small compact 60 gallon tank and a nano tank, the precarious one is the 230ish liter tank, my house gets very cold during winter. I was even thinking of the types of covers they put over those camping fridges you plug into your car battery when you travel. I can cover my whole tank at night then, just incase power trips. This sounds like a joke but I’m serious. I actually are in two minds as to sell the stuff in 60 gallon or try and take the plunge and see what happens. I have such lovely pieces of soft and LPS corals in my tank. Would hate to have them hurt!