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APC's / back up power supply for fishes

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I live in a zone that constantly looses power. I know that cannot be good so I was wondering if you can use an APC made for your computer on you're aquarium? Any advice??
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Yes you can but not all pumps agree with battery backups, some make horrible clanking noises while on them and I am not sure why. I wonder how clean the power is coming off of a UPS. I have tried several UPS and some pumps like RIO's do not like the juice supplied by a UPS.

Mileage may vary though, so try one out.
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Thanks for your advice. I did do some checking and found a company that does units for aquariums, how be it they are pricey. Ouch...

I just bought an APC and the unit needs to connected to my comp, can you bypass that?
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Funny, this topic came up on the RC forum the other day. I was kinda curious about it too since we seem to be loosing power for no reason-I guess the power company is just getting us ready for another hurricane season??
Anyway, someone explained that the APC backups don't exactly regulate power too well :(
I'd be interested in seeing if you could bypass this by plugging in a decent surge protector into the APC.
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The biggest problem I have seen is the start up and then about 5 seconds later. I use mine on a MAg 12 and another that I can't remember. Both rattled on start up and then the UPS voltage dips for a second and they they really rattled bad then. After that was over I don't think there was any more problems.
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Suziq21 wrote:Funny, this topic came up on the RC forum the other day. I was kinda curious about it too since we seem to be loosing power for no reason-I guess the power company is just getting us ready for another hurricane season??
Anyway, someone explained that the APC backups don't exactly regulate power too well :(
I'd be interested in seeing if you could bypass this by plugging in a decent surge protector into the APC.
The problem is a surge protector does not filter AC at all, it just pops if there is a peak.
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