To make the system tolerant of power failures I do the following:
- Power a battery trickle charger from mains 110v -- this can supply the 60-90W required for the air pumps.
- connect the battery to a 150W inverter
- power the air pumps from the inverter
Now the battery is maintained at full charge while my mains power is on (99%+ of the time). Should I have a power failure for a storm or other reason, the battery would still power the air pumps for more than a day. My water starts getting messed up if the water pump doesn't run for a day, so this is about the time I would have to take other steps.
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