When the power goes out?

[luminous]

OK, hopefully this isn't a problem that many of you have, but we live kind of out in the hills at the end of the grid and the power here goes off rather often. We've lived here for 9 months now and it's been off over a dozen times, sometimes just for a few minutes, but more usually for several hours and once for 3 very long days...

So... what is the smart thing to do when you're in the middle of an anodizing run and the power goes off?

Should I remove all the parts from the acid tank and immerse them in clean water until the power comes back on?
Or is it OK to leave them in the acid bath with no power applied for a while? If so, how long do you think it's acceptable to leave them in the bath unpowered?
5 minutes? 5 hours? A whole day?
If an hour or so would be OK, it's probably enough time to get the backup generator started and get the shop back on line again.

What say ye? OK to leave 'em in the ano tank? Or?

Thanks!
Steve

[-AAPB-Eric]

it wouldnt be ok to leave them in the acid especially for 5 h for the power to come on and lets say another hour for the ano to finish. You will badly pit your parts.

Ive never had such a problem but I would take the parts out, rince them and continue the run when the power gets back on.

[cameraman]

I've been wondering that myself - we tend to have power problems as well.
I don't think I'd let it go for more than 3 or 4 minutes - I'd rinse it, hang it in RO water, get the generator going, and resume the run - that's just opinion though, fortunately I haven't had any runs get interrupted (not by power outage anyway).

[luminous]

Thanks Guys. That was what I was afraid of... not OK to leave them in very long.
The hard part is that a lot of the time I put parts in to run and then I go outside to work for an hour or so while they do their thing, so Im likely to not even know the power is out until I go back to the shop. I suppose I'll have to rig up a big loud battery powered siren to alert me when the grid goes down. Unless it's on the weekend, then my wife can perform that function for me.

Thanks,
Steve