Electrical backup power inverter? and thermostat for Christmas.
I was getting ready to ask Santa Clause for a new ball python for Christmas, but I decided differently. Many of you regular members may remember the story I posted of how I lost electrical power in a cold windstorm and had to keep my pythons in my bed all night to keep them from getting hypothermia! Lost power for 14 hours during a high-wind freeze!
Well, I almost forgot about that problem, but then today I came home and for the first time the thermostat malfunctioned! It has never done this before, but the heat tape was cold, and the thermostat digital thermometer was reading 26 Celsius! (it is usually around 33 Celsius at the probe). I unplugged it and plugged it back in, and it started heating the tape again, so that was good. I have no idea what caused the thermostat to stop seeing power to the heat tape, but obviously I have to upgrade. Also, this made me think of the power outage and that it might happen again this winter.
So instead of buying a new snake for Christmas, I am going to do the responsible thing and buy emergency heating technology to protect the snakes I already have. A new Herpstat and a power inverters backup battery. I already have a Herpstat idea, but I was wondering what I should get as a power backup, that I can plug my heat tape thermostat and space heater into during a power outage.
I am considering either a deep-cycle battery power inverter, or a gas powered generator. I have zero experience with either, and would like some input from people in the know.
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