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09-Nov-06, 10:42 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Northern Rivers NSW Age/Gender: 25  | | |
Just wondering what you would do to keep your herps warm inthe case of a blackout ? obviously if it was only for an hour or so no drama's, but i mean a serious one. |
09-Nov-06, 10:45 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: currimundi, Qld Age/Gender: 27 | | | camp fire  in the corner.
How serious you talking? A week? If it was a day or two i dont think it would hurt them at all would it? |
09-Nov-06, 10:53 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Tamworth Gender: | | | | i heard of this one bloke has a back up generator incase of a blackout |
09-Nov-06, 10:54 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Northern Rivers NSW Age/Gender: 25 | | | | I dont know , it would suck if you went on holidays and it happend while you were away . Does anyone know long long they could last without a heat source? |
09-Nov-06, 11:13 AM
|  | #44-9aCustom#GR-094 Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Out the Back of Queensland and a bit more Age: 99 | | | | I would imagine it depends on location and climate.
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09-Nov-06, 12:07 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-03 Location: Melbourne, Australia Gender: | | | If you are really desperate, I've heard of people grabbing those chemical heating packs from Army disposal stores and keeping those ready for such an emergency 
I did a quick search for them and unfortunately only came up with this dicky looking one 50 degrees in a few seconds isn't that bad, and re-usable! There are probably better ones that last longer out there...beats me http://www.latestbuy.com.au/hot_packs_lifestyle.html |
09-Nov-06, 12:16 PM
|  | Back in 5 mins Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: NTH QLD Gender: | | | | Hot water bottle, that would be the cheapest solution. |
09-Nov-06, 12:27 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Shoalhaven, NSW | | | | Considering the bush fire season is predicted to be quite bad this year blackouts should be expected in bush fire risk areas. We've been blacked out for almost two weeks in the past from bush fires. We are regularly are blacked out for several hours when there are severe storms. There also has been talk about rolling blackouts because supply cannot meet demand, however the authorities have not stated how long these blackouts will last for yet.
Connecting a generator to your power box is possible but is expensive. A portable generator may be an option.
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09-Nov-06, 12:44 PM
|  | Pot Stirrer Subscriber | Join Date: May-06 Location: Perth, West Australia Age/Gender: 24  | | | | I dont even have heat on my snakes right now, it's hot :-|
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