The power company can't get us turned on for another 5 days. My furnace and fish tanks are running on our generator. My job is giving me a hard time because I told them I probably won't make it in for a few days...
My generator can't handle the metal halide bulbs on ny aquariums.... I have saltwater tanks with corals... I have soooo much money in those tanks and the corals will slowly waste away without the proper lighting. Ugh..
On the other hand, my GSD thinks its the second coming of christ. I've had to DRAG him back in the house with us when we come back in. He is happy to tunnel through the snow and run around like a lunatic all day long.
I just had to vent. I feel better now. Thank god we have that generator. It could be way worse.
5000 watts... But we don't have a transfer switch for it. I don't know what that is, but my husband says we need it.
We have the refridgerator, 2 freezers, the furnace, the filtration and pumps for a 250 gallon aquarium, a 30 gallon aquarium, and 2 heaters for both aquariums all running off the generator right now.
I guess its that switch that is the problem. It should be able to run the whole house theoretically. Just not in its current state. Getting gasoline to keep it going is another concern. The snow plows decided NOT to come down our road so they created a 5 foot high wall of snow and ice to block us in instead. We're going to try to dig out a hole big enough for our truck to get out and go from there. *sigh*
I know I have read somewhere how you can set up a car battery to run fish pumps - have you ever heard this? Years ago we had a similar problem and I was looking for something to keep my koi pond airated in the middle of the summer... If it can be done for fish pumps it must be able to be configured for lights/heaters...
Air pumps are usually 12 volts, but ours for the lights are 110 volts. I have two 250 watt metal halides and two 95 watt VHO bulbs on ONE tank. Like 700+ watts... We might kill power to the rest of the house to run all the lights for a couple of hours. Basically all of my mobile corals are starting to uproot themselves and move around the tank looking for light. My 200 dollar green bubble anemone just ripped itself in half and both pieces are now wandering around the tank, searching for light and stinging every coral they contact with. Its like world war 2 in there, coral style. A few more days of this and they'll all be toast.
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Its the wall socket electric dryers and electric stoves plug into. normally it will have four slots and has 220VAC on it. I have a long double male heavy duty extension cord I made to run from my generator to the dryer biscuit. I turn off the main circuit breaker on my box and turn off all the non essential breakers. If you try this REMEMBER TO TURN OFF THE MAIN FEED BREAKER! if you don't you could ruin the generator or worse put a linemen at risk
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Air pumps are usually 12 volts, but ours for the lights are 110 volts. I have two 250 watt metal halides and two 95 watt VHO bulbs on ONE tank. Like 700+ watts... We might kill power to the rest of the house to run all the lights for a couple of hours. Basically all of my mobile corals are starting to uproot themselves and move around the tank looking for light. My 200 dollar green bubble anemone just ripped itself in half and both pieces are now wandering around the tank, searching for light and stinging every coral they contact with. Its like world war 2 in there, coral style. A few more days of this and they'll all be toast.
Don't know what your budget is, but when you guys get dug out I would get the biggest generator you can afford and get the transfer switch installed. A 5Kw generator should run the essentials for you. with mine I can run one major appliance at a time. all my lights are the new style florescent which only uses one quarter of the power.
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