Thanks for the quick response,Originally Posted by urbanfarmer
The most I have been out of power during hurricane is been 24 hours, I guess I am lucky. When I get back home tomorrow I will do a test with the SmartUPS backup and see how long I can run the air pump on the fish tanks, I am tempted to get the battery out of the SmartUps and swap it with the 170amp gel battery i have in the garage, it looks like it can fit.
The idea on the solar panels sounds good, right now I use it to power the TV I have in the porch, the solar panels (20watts x 4) came with the charge controller and are hooked up to 2 (six volts in series to make 12volts) deep cycle batteries 250aph each.