UPS - Battery Back-up help

[DaddyReefer13]

Would this UPS have enough juice to run a 2 nano koralia and 150w heater for lets say 8 hours?

CyberPower - 425VA

or Should I go for a higher battery rating:

APC 1300VA

Just established my tank and want to make sure I'm able to run the powerheads and heater in the event of a lengthy blackout.

This is for a 30 gallon reef set up.

 

[Deanos]

Throwing the heater into the equation makes it difficult to estimate the amount of power a UPS will provide. Factors such as ambient room temp and current water temp will determine how often and for how long the heater would need to access power from a UPS.

 

[georgelc86]

Well since they are only 2 nano koralia's and a heater that may be on for only 5 to maintain the 30 gallon you should be good to go with the CyberPower. I have seen the APC equivalent run a simple Windows XP desktop with flat panel for 40 minutes before the low battery signal went off. I personally prefer APC with all of the workstations and servers I administor. You can also go to APC and there is a calculator that gives you a guideline as to the amount of power you need for your application.

 

[smcooler]

It will work great with the pumps, but the heater will drain down the battery real quick.

I have a 2200 for my dart return pump, runs about 6 hours. Pump draws 150 watts.


stan

 

[georgelc86]

If the heater is the concern you can be creative maybe by leaving the main heater off the UPS. Take a second heater place it on a timer and plug it into the UPS. And from there you can play around with the timing. That way if there is a failure you can regulate how long the heater stays on thus maximizing the UPS battery long enough for you to get home. Did that make sense?

 

[jw10604]

APC is a much better unit.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

get the biggest you can afford = less worries

 

[reefman]

i dont think either one will power for 8 hrs unless maybe u turn it off n on mutiple times.

 

[Chongpark27]

look into the newer apc 1500va model, on this model u can add an extra backup battery which more than doubles the run time. Its better to safe than sorry, especially knowing how reliable con ed is lol.