Hi all,
Having had a recent power cut of several hours and having to abandon my tanks to the clueless but well meaning family to sort out, and working long shifts away from home, the news of further potential power cuts and brown outs has me thinking about this again. There have also been several short power cuts if the oven clock is anything to go by, but no idea how long they were. I’d like to have an automatic back up, I’m assuming with something like a car battery and inverter like my friend has on their sailing boat, but I am completely clueless about this. Is anyone able to point me in the right direction for advice/how to guides! A quick look either seems to be over my head or not detailed enough to follow.
I’d be looking at something that could live with the tank and take over automatically if there was a power cut, keep charging the rest of time (without using too much power - £!). I am out of the house for 14-15hrs a day/night and worried about missing one!
Having had a recent power cut of several hours and having to abandon my tanks to the clueless but well meaning family to sort out, and working long shifts away from home, the news of further potential power cuts and brown outs has me thinking about this again. There have also been several short power cuts if the oven clock is anything to go by, but no idea how long they were. I’d like to have an automatic back up, I’m assuming with something like a car battery and inverter like my friend has on their sailing boat, but I am completely clueless about this. Is anyone able to point me in the right direction for advice/how to guides! A quick look either seems to be over my head or not detailed enough to follow.
I’d be looking at something that could live with the tank and take over automatically if there was a power cut, keep charging the rest of time (without using too much power - £!). I am out of the house for 14-15hrs a day/night and worried about missing one!