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CTaylor · 11/26/2019, 02:17 PM

Hi Roger,

Tunze does not have a battery back up for the streams, right? I know tunze has that nice switch to switch over to back up power, but doest have an actual back up power source, right?
What do you suggest, if anything?
I understand that a back up for a computer (famous brand APS) is not freasible to back up for the pumps b/c computer back ups are for high current for short time (?) and the streams are low current for a long time (???).
So the other idea was to get a battery similar to that for a car (?) and hook that up to the tunze back up switch, then to the stream (?)

Let me know your thoughts when you can. I started thinking about this last night during a power outage! I have a generator.. never used, but it was midnight, and it woudl be a PIA to start it up in the middle of the night. A back up for pumps would be nice if I needed it for a few hrs til I figure out what to do next.

TY!

11/26/2019, 02:17 PM	#1
CTaylor Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,524	battery backup Hi Roger, Tunze does not have a battery back up for the streams, right? I know tunze has that nice switch to switch over to back up power, but doest have an actual back up power source, right? What do you suggest, if anything? I understand that a back up for a computer (famous brand APS) is not freasible to back up for the pumps b/c computer back ups are for high current for short time (?) and the streams are low current for a long time (???). So the other idea was to get a battery similar to that for a car (?) and hook that up to the tunze back up switch, then to the stream (?) Let me know your thoughts when you can. I started thinking about this last night during a power outage! I have a generator.. never used, but it was midnight, and it woudl be a PIA to start it up in the middle of the night. A back up for pumps would be nice if I needed it for a few hrs til I figure out what to do next. TY!