The hot water idea will work for those with natural gas hot water tank or even a gas stove to warm water on. If you are all electric this really isn't an option. I have a back up generator that I can get set up in under an hour. A full tank of gas lasts about 12 hours and I can siphon from cars and lawn mowers if I have to. I think this is the best way to go as it actually states in the helix owner manual that you should not try hooking it up to a computer type UPS system. We generally loose power here once every other month for an hour or so. When I get an incubator I am going to look into some other things to make sure it stays running like finding a stat that will work on a computer ups system or possibly getting an auto start generator hooked into the house that runs on natural gas.