If you read the directions for the 12volt compressor I am sure it will
tell you not to run it for longer than 15 minutes. If you want to use
12volt get a small marine bilge pump and connect it to a spray
bar.(pvc pipe with holes drilled down one side and a cap on the end)
The pumps are submerged and made to run constantly.
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"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
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Joann,
The Outer Banks of NC really got hammered (including a new inlet
through
Hatteras), but inland we fared better than we did in Hurricane Floyd
in
1999, when most of the deaths were due to drowning (inland, I mean).
I understand that MD & VA had some tough times, too even though
Isabel had
"weakened" (I guess someone forgot to tell her).
Your description of the mini ac/dc adapter that runs off a car
battery gave
me an idea. After the blackout last month, someone mentioned using
a
gas-powered leaf blower to aerate a pond, so that got me thinking
(always a
dangerous thing, admittedly).
We have a mini air-pump (compressor?) that plugs into a car's
cigarette
lighter (or outlet on newer vehicles) and pumps air into tires. I
think
that normally the release of air is controlled by the part the
connects to
the tire valve (boy, my descriptive powers are failing me here!),
but it
might still pump air if the connection is cut off the rubber tube.
I'm not going to go cut my gadget apart to find out, but I think it
would be
a worthwhile experiment for someone trying to keep koi or other
valuable
fish alive.
Just a thought,
Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC
"FBCS" wrote in message
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I had a trying 24hrs. with no power. I prayed for my fish to make
it
through. My DH ran around town looking for a generator with non to
be
found
a friend provided a mini ac/dc adapter to connect to the battery
of the
car
to run aerator. The wetones had been w/o water movement for 14 hrs
already.
The power came on about 1 hr ago and the fish were dancing in the
fall
stream of water.
We had many trees down, I live 1/2 mile off the main road. DH
took off at
daybreak with the dozer and chain saws. I was able to keep all in
prespective and know many had it much worse than we. The storm had
lost
much
of it's punch by the time it got here (So. MD), but it was still
the worst
I
had ever remembered for this area. My heart goes out to those in
No. Car
take took the brunt of the impact. Joann