As to power back-ups, there exist solar-powered battery rechargers. These
don't work quickly, and cost $20 and up, but usually the sun is available. I
don't know if granting agencies would be favorably impressed by such
requests, and in my experience universities assume that nothing will go
wrong so they won't support such emergency diversification. But I'm working
on it myself...
--Bruce Stallsmith
no one speaks Latin along the Tennessee
Huntsville, AL, US of A
>From: "Irate Mormon" <archimedes-in-bayspringstel.net>
>Reply-To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
>Subject: RE: NANFA-L-- backup systems for aquaria
>Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 23:29:52 -0500
>
> >hmmm...), I can't justify the expense right now. This of course begs
>the
> >question of what kind of systems a facility handling T&E species would
>have
>[Irate]
>"Begging the question" refers to a logical non-sequitor. It bugs me
>when people use the wrong way. Just one of those things...
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