[Eric the half-bee]

Originally Posted by nineball

While all the tank adjustments were going on to mount the unit on the stand the crane was used to move the new backup generator that is dedicated to the aquaria and its supporting systems. It is 17,000 watts plumbed into the natural gas line to ensure that 3 seconds is all the down time the whole system will ever encounter. It tests itself once a week and confirms by email that all systems are healthy.

After the generator was placed on its pad on the side of the house we moved the three Mars systems into the basement for deployment into the fish room.



Close up.....

http://cdn-3-service.phanfare.com/im...ff39fb7439b3_1

Mars systems



http://cdn-3-service.phanfare.com/im...7ae05cdbd820_1

http://cdn-3-service.phanfare.com/im...5b625d13da1e_1

Peter, excellent choice. I have a 14kW nat'l gas standby that will actually power the house. We live in central FL and with the storms in '04, many homes were powerless for days. That was reason enough for a generator. What brand did you purchase?