Hey guys
Let me tell you about the past 16hours of my life:
Power went down last night at 19:00. I never invested in generators, UPS's etc, as load shedding never lasted more than 2 hours (THIS IS NOT LOAD SHEDDING THOUGH)
I did not think that the power would be out long, so I tucked my tank in with a nice little blanket. Woke up (forced by my 2yr old) at 12:00 - still no power. So I knew this is going to be a long night. Went to the tank - and yes, Damsel = MANDOWN!!!
Took it out. Sorted out my baby and she decided to play a bit. Fine by me, as I then started boiling wat on my gas stove...
By 1:00 she fell asleep again, and I then started to stir the water with a plastic spoon. Did this until 2:15, and also poured the boiling water into water bottles and introduced the bottles into my tank as well. (Those of you whom are not in JHB, we have been having winter rain for four days now.) At 2am my temp was down to 23C.
Went to bed at 2:15. Then I woke up at 4:00 and stirred for another 30 min. Then again at 6:00. Now my wife is doing the stirring every hour for 5 minutes.
POWER NOT ON YET. Eskom says it will be restored through the day.
Okey, so, my snails seem fine, they are eating away. Hermit crabs stacked upon one another on my LR (all three on top of one another)
My tubeworm seems fine, as he constantly appears and spreads nicely. My Star Polyp also started opening this morning as the curtains was opened and natural light came in.
I think I might survice this one (except for the Damsel:frown
What do I do from here on to
1) prevenrt further loss
2) if power gets back on, should I just go on as normal (lights, p/heads etc)
3) Prevention is better than cure - so, should I; a)get a generator; b)get a UPS; c)get an inverter; or d) buy 90% of Eskom shares?
Please advise urgently, as I need to prepare for in case this thing takes me through another night.
PS: $$$ is a problem for me at the 30th of the month as I only get my $$$ at the 15th. There is no R2000 for a generator now - so please spare my budget here!!!
Let me tell you about the past 16hours of my life:
Power went down last night at 19:00. I never invested in generators, UPS's etc, as load shedding never lasted more than 2 hours (THIS IS NOT LOAD SHEDDING THOUGH)
I did not think that the power would be out long, so I tucked my tank in with a nice little blanket. Woke up (forced by my 2yr old) at 12:00 - still no power. So I knew this is going to be a long night. Went to the tank - and yes, Damsel = MANDOWN!!!
Took it out. Sorted out my baby and she decided to play a bit. Fine by me, as I then started boiling wat on my gas stove...
By 1:00 she fell asleep again, and I then started to stir the water with a plastic spoon. Did this until 2:15, and also poured the boiling water into water bottles and introduced the bottles into my tank as well. (Those of you whom are not in JHB, we have been having winter rain for four days now.) At 2am my temp was down to 23C.
Went to bed at 2:15. Then I woke up at 4:00 and stirred for another 30 min. Then again at 6:00. Now my wife is doing the stirring every hour for 5 minutes.
POWER NOT ON YET. Eskom says it will be restored through the day.
Okey, so, my snails seem fine, they are eating away. Hermit crabs stacked upon one another on my LR (all three on top of one another)
My tubeworm seems fine, as he constantly appears and spreads nicely. My Star Polyp also started opening this morning as the curtains was opened and natural light came in.
I think I might survice this one (except for the Damsel:frown
What do I do from here on to
1) prevenrt further loss
2) if power gets back on, should I just go on as normal (lights, p/heads etc)
3) Prevention is better than cure - so, should I; a)get a generator; b)get a UPS; c)get an inverter; or d) buy 90% of Eskom shares?
Please advise urgently, as I need to prepare for in case this thing takes me through another night.
PS: $$$ is a problem for me at the 30th of the month as I only get my $$$ at the 15th. There is no R2000 for a generator now - so please spare my budget here!!!