Battery-operated air pumps - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T21:06:06Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/battery-operated-air-pumps?feed=yes&xn_auth=noTo my experience the little b…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-02-15:4778851:Comment:2935472012-02-15T12:41:17.843ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>To my experience the little battery powered air pumps (that take C or D cell batteries) for keeping fish alive in transport of bate alive in a bucket work fairly good though I've not put them to extensive use, just for bringing fish home without oxygen. They are noizy but not meant for running while you try to sleep.</p>
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<p>I've never gotten the Azoo one since they are too small for anything I"m running that needs battery backup. I'm not sure if it's still the case but once upon a…</p>
<p>To my experience the little battery powered air pumps (that take C or D cell batteries) for keeping fish alive in transport of bate alive in a bucket work fairly good though I've not put them to extensive use, just for bringing fish home without oxygen. They are noizy but not meant for running while you try to sleep.</p>
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<p>I've never gotten the Azoo one since they are too small for anything I"m running that needs battery backup. I'm not sure if it's still the case but once upon a time the batteries were not replaceable so it seemed pointless to me to buy one.</p>
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<p>For my large system air backup, I have a relay that will flip the pump over to an inverter that runs on a 100 + AH deep cycle battery that normally lives on a float charger and can run my big air pump for over 24 hours (I can hope that is enough time for power to come back on or for me to deal with a generator.)</p>