Aquarium backup aeration duration calculator

Calculate approximate runtime before reserve and tested delivered energy with your own figures.

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Use approximate runtime before reserve and tested delivered energy to compare changes to your inputs. The method and limits below explain the scope.

Examples

Examples

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Tested backup runtime (hours)
12
Total load during test (W)
10
Planned backup load (W)
8
Reserve fraction
0.2
Approximate runtime before reserve (hours)
12
Tested delivered energy (Wh)
120

Try another scenario

Tested backup runtime (hours)
13.200000000000001
Total load during test (W)
10
Planned backup load (W)
8
Reserve fraction
0.2
Approximate runtime before reserve (hours)
13.2
Tested delivered energy (Wh)
132
Calculation method

Calculation method

Approximate runtime before reserve (hours)

Constant delivered-energy scaling: E=test hours×test watts; new runtime=E(1-reserve)/new watts.

Tested delivered energy (Wh)

Constant delivered-energy scaling: E=test hours×test watts; new runtime=E(1-reserve)/new watts.

Symbols and units
a
Tested backup runtime (hours)
b
Total load during test (W)
c
Planned backup load (W)
d
Reserve fraction

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Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • Same battery/conditions assumed; load-dependent efficiency and aging can change runtime. Supported limits: All required fields must be finite values of the exact declared type and within displayed bounds. Lists contain1–1000 finite numbers. JSON tables are numeric rectangular rows, at most100 rows and30 columns; individual tools have stricter shape/domain constraints. Same battery/conditions assumed; load-dependent efficiency and aging can change runtime.
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