Why do people not have spares?

[wannabeeareefkeeper]

JennM;890680 wrote: A bow-front tool shed. :lol:

^^^^^^ +1 on Jenn's statement above. If you weren't going there; I was ready to take the plunge. hehehehehehe . Rich walked right into this and I see we had like minds this morning because I was ready to pounce :tongue: on the opening opportunity that Rich left for us :yes: :lol2:.


Wannabee

 

[jennm]

Poor Rich, he just makes it so easy...and he's too gracious to fling it back at me... as well he should (I'm a big girl... literally... I can take it!)

I've got a spare tire/bowfront tool shed of my own.

Jenn

 

[wannabeeareefkeeper]

WannabeeaReefKeeper;890688 wrote: ^^^^^^ +1 on Jenn's statement above. If you weren't going there; I was ready to take the plunge. hehehehehehe . Rich walked right into this and I see we had like minds this morning because I was ready to pounce :tongue: on the opening opportunity that Rich left for us :yes: :lol2:.


Wannabee

P.S. I was ready to bring in the "bow front". Oh, by the way, there is an almost identical twin located somewhere south of the Mason Dixon line heading towards the Florida state line.


Wannabee

 

[jef4y]

My spares are/were very limited.

In WI where power was potentially an issue, I had an RV with a 7500w diesel generator capable of running ~10 days or more on the fuel I had. In ATL, power is not an issue living downtown so I never worried about it.

I had backup heaters, and a few powerheads but that was it.

What I do have is the ability to spend money in an emergency. When our biocube 29 split many years ago, we got everything into buckets, picked up heaters at a 24x7 wal-mart and were on the doorstep of our LFS when the store opened. Dropped around $1500 that morning in the emergency upgrade.

I understand that many people don't have that luxury/ability, so picking up critical spares along the way is pretty important. For me, it just meant that I could, at any time, be hit with a sizable expense and I was willing to take that risk.

 

[hfleming]

I agree on the spares. I utilized mine just last week. I have a Reeflo Wahoo as the return pump for my basement sump. It was rough at the time but I bought a brand new complete spare.

The seal developed a very slow leak so simply swapped it out giving me plenty of time to repair the seal.

 

[cedzaquaddiction]

Couldn't agree more. I have redundancy in every department except for my skimmer (for now). Not long ago, one of my return pumps didn't come back on after routine maintenance right before I went out of town for the weekend. I managed to limp by with powerheads and an air stone for 4 days. My entire sump was shut down and that is where I keep all of my filtration and heating.

Never again. I have two return pumps in my sump, and have programmed my Apex to have one return pump remain on in case the other does not come back on.

It is also important to test your redundancy. My first plumbing project with two return pumps led to one return pump pumping water in reverse through the other. That was fixed before it was ever needed...