Almost a disaster....

[Trabby]

So last Tuesday I yanked the aqua euro hob skimmer off for a good cleaning. I took it all apart without a problem, put it back together without a problem..so I thought.... Being super worried about leaks and floods.... I didn't put the canopy on the tank so I could moniter the skimmer for a few days.

So then comes the 23rd of December.... Shopping all done but crap loads of wrapping to do... My kids were still lurking by 10 pm so I decided to set my alarm for 3 am and get up and hit it hard. Well 3 was ridiculous... So I reset the alarm and dozed on the couch with visions of paper cuts and tape globs in my head. Just before five I layed there psyching myself up to run to the garage for a load of stuff to wrap...

Well all of a sudden I am completely awake hearing this snap crackle pop sound.... I fly off the couch and head towards the tank... Sparks flying everywhere!! The words that flew out of my mouth were less than festive..
So I unplugged the power bars at the wall unplugged everything and then smoked 2 cigarettes in as many minutes.

The power bar that had all of my power heads, heater and fx5 is the one that was sparking. I was expecting all of my equipment to be fried... I tried one powerhead and it worked so I left it on and went about my wrapping.

The whole scene basically wrecked my day because I could havE burned the house down... On Christmas eve to boot. all of my equipment made it thru the ordeal other than the powerbar.... But I have not plugged the skimmer back in..... Gonna attempt that today.... I believe it leaked on the output side, at the rubber seal. When I put it all back together, the seal warbled when I tightened it. I redid it and went one less turn so it didn't gibble... So hopefully I can get it right this time