I'm not normally this busy, but I was seeing some negative effects from the buildup of grunge in the sumps, so it had to go!

Been getting ready for spring storm season too. I now have the ability to throw the breakers (including the mains), plug in my generator, flip the breakers back on for the tanks, and have emergency power to keep the critical parts of the tanks running until the electricity comes back on. I live in a very small town, with very old service lines. Every year we lose power with the spring storms. This year, I have no worries. Power goes out, gen gets plugged in. Flip four breakers and my tanks are safe. My gen isn't big enough to run everything on the tanks, but heaters/fans, powerheads, main pumps will stay on. I think this year I am going to invest in a bigger generator, one that can handle all the needs of the tanks. Then I can use my smaller one for emergency backup for the fridge/freezer if we have an extended outage.

Mother Nature can be ugly this time of year. At least my tanks will have power now.