Quote Originally Posted by Ba11er View Post
I would think they would work for power outages especially if it's just for heat tape. Problem with them in my experience is they don't last too long. I had a few over the years and they only seemed to last about 3 years or so. I don't know if usp's have gotten better in the last few years but I would look for a better battery source.
Thats my issue as well. I used to work in a computer store and we would surreptitiously advise customers not to buy them unless they has known recurring power problems b/c the batteries went dead before they were actually used. But that was, literally, 10 years ago so they may have improved since then.