Had a little flood last night, about 3 gallons, no big deal. When I touched the filter that was leaking I lit up like a Christmas tree. The fuse protected, gfci, powerstrip I was using evidently does not like the salt air. When it got some salt water in it, it did not trip, just made a great big tub of electrical fun. Well, no lasting damage to me or to my tank inhabitants but it fried one of my pumps and obviously the power strip. I do all this in the 15 minutes before I head out the door for work. In the future, I will periodically test my gfi's for function and try to avoid the defribulator.
goldenJ
1 - 11 of 11 Posts
Had a little flood last night, about 3 gallons, no big deal. When I touched the filter that was leaking I lit up like a Christmas tree. The fuse protected, gfci, powerstrip I was using evidently does not like the salt air. When it got some salt water in it, it did not trip, just made a great big tub of electrical fun. Well, no lasting damage to me or to my tank inhabitants but it fried one of my pumps and obviously the power strip. I do all this in the 15 minutes before I head out the door for work. In the future, I will periodically test my gfi's for function and try to avoid the defribulator.
Joined
·
560 Posts
As you know saltwater and the evaporated saltwater does some nasty things to stuff. In my experiance you would have to have the water making a connection between the hot and neutral or ground for the gfci to read an unbalance and trip. I personally dont use a gfci for my tank and probly should. I have have water get into my plugs and have them start to sizzel and make all kinds of noise, but have never had a problem. It is always a good idea to have a drip loop in the cords going to the wall outlet. If you are using a plug strip try mounting it to the wall so you can loop the cords under it and also prevent floods from finding their way into the strip.
Joined
·
228 Posts
Yep been in the shockings istuatiojn before only I was rigging up a Older AT powersupply and I had to connect 2 leads where the switch should be so It would say " On" all the time The powersupplyb was still plugged in I wasnt looking 2 leads touched togeather( I wasnt intending to do anything while It was plugged in) and I was touching just bairly a little corner of the metal box, now the Capacitors are rated at Lord knows how many amps But It hurt I have been shocked By a reg outlet before( plugging in something in a dark corner so I can see) thats not so bad shocking but not hirting, needless to say I have a new respect for electricity. Dumb mistakes in life
Joined
·
560 Posts
LOL ya getting shocked just plain *****. Beiing an electrician I have been shocked by 120 many many times and while it doesnt hurt that much it is really annoing. Been hit with 277 a few times and that can leave a mark. BUT my best is 600 volts on the output side of an HO ballast, that threw me off of the ladder into my parents garage door, which I had 2 replace because of the human side dent in it.
Joined
·
560 Posts
LOL ya my shoes were fine. It was my stupid ways that got me hit. The input of a HO ballast is 120 with the output at 600. Hey maybe thats where I get my electric personality from!!!
1 - 11 of 11 Posts
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
