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Emergency heat plan.
I was wondering what sort of emergency heat plans people use in case the power goes out. I live in NY so it gets pretty cold. I have a back up plan for the power going out when we are home, but not really one for if the power goes out and we are not home. I have been looking around at certain options, but I want to know what sort of equipment/plans people on this forum have.
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Re: Emergency heat plan.
 Originally Posted by SKO
I was wondering what sort of emergency heat plans people use in case the power goes out. I live in NY so it gets pretty cold. I have a back up plan for the power going out when we are home, but not really one for if the power goes out and we are not home. I have been looking around at certain options, but I want to know what sort of equipment/plans people on this forum have.
Some people use heat packs I believe.
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Depends on the number of animals you have
I have a generator and a buddy heater http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Heater-F232...s=buddy+heater but I also have a room entirely dedicated to my collection.
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I've started to think about this too, I only got my first herp last month so never really worried about my fish tanks. Now that I'm (almost) nearing the end of having everything dialed in temp wise after some trial and error. Wondering about a power outage. Like you I live in a cold climate, last year we had an ice storm that took out power to some people for over a week. Where I lived at the time was only 12hrs but I've since moved. I only have 2 snakes and rent a basement apartment so I'm limited on a dedicated room or modifying things.
Has anyone tried using booster packs for your car with the built AC adaptor to run a cage or 2?
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Re: Emergency heat plan.
I only have one snake and she is in my bedroom. We are renting right now but we plan on buying a house within the next couple of years. I might have to invest in a generator at that time. This is a dumb question but I've never had a generator, but do they kick on automatically when the normal electricity goes out or does it have to be started manually? Like I said my concern is if we are away one night and no one is there to turn it on, that is going to cause some problems. Granted, I watch weather reports and would know if there are big storms coming, but even then every so often random power outages can happen.
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Generator and fireplaces/buddy heaters for me, about the only way for a long term outage while you are away is with an automatic generator setup. Mine is a big portable through a transfer switch, so I have to go outside to start it, and fill it with gas, but I work at home, and usually not gone long. You could run a UPS or deep cycle battery(in a ventilated area), float charger and small inverter to power an UTH, and maybe a small heat bulb if you only needed a couple hours to get home from work or so.
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As long as it's not dead of winter, and power isn't off too long you should be fine. Snakes can get cold for hours and rebound with absolutely no issues. In the wild snakes survive freak storms and drops in temps with no issues.
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This winter, just before Christmas we had a power outage for three days. No stores were open, we are renting, no generator, no hot water, nothing. We were lucky enough that we had huge ice bags in our freezer at the time to keep our food good and a fire place in the living room.
However, we are also lucky to own a power pack. Usually used to boost a car but works fine in emergency situations as such this one.
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A PSA for anyone using a generator: DON'T USE IT INDOORS, AND GET A CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR as exhaust fumes can still enter the house from outside.
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I have very efficient enclosures they take around 4-5 hours to drop 10ºF, for me this is the first thing short power failures of a few hours are no concern.
The second line is a catalytic heater much like the posted buddy heater, that with a couple of tanks buys some more time. Although carbon monoxide is a concern with them as well!
The third line is a set of heat packs (they too use oxygen so still care must be used) if the power looks to be off longer than 24 hours I transfer all the snakes to snake bags and place them in a ventilated cooler I can then use less energy to heat that small space longer.
I have had a generator and looked at others. No a basic generator is not wired to the home and requires a person to start it. The thing to watch out with generators is the power output many are 'dirty' power and can cause stats to fail open full power. to my knowledge in portable gens Honda and Yamaha are the only 100% safe units.
If you are looking at home back ups generac, is the name I know is stat safe. these units wire into the house and have a transfer switch that when the power fails start the generator and feed power to the house with no input. My work runs them and the power just flickers, that is all. They typically run propane or natural gas, not gasoline, or diesel. They are predictably expensive.
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