Warning

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

Woke up one morning and no movement in my tank except for the HOB skimmer because my wife decided that rather than turn off the timer to shut off the light the night before, it was a much "better" idea to shut off the whole fricken powerbar.

This is why I always try to have different equipment on different powerbars so a short won't shut off ALL the flow or all the heat.

same here 2 breakers with everything split or at least i try too lol

[Borderjumper]

You were really lucky someone was home, or that it wasn't the middle of the night. Glad everyone is ok!

[ScubaSteve]

Yeah, I've done the old' HOB drip trick iN the past. Recently I had my media reactor spring a leak right into my timers. That was also a barrel o' monkeys...

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Borderjumper

You were really lucky someone was home, or that it wasn't the middle of the night. Glad everyone is ok!

Ya, nurse was here with E. Middle of the night we have the nurse up doing stuff, so we wouldn't have died in our sleep. Probably would have woke up after the nurse ran out screaming

[Rice Reef]

Glad to hear everyone is safe... I better check all my electrical this weekend... Too much water and plugs around... Thank you for sharing, Brad

[justincgdick]

I take it you weren't using GFCIs?

I don't want this to come across wrong, but not using GFI protection is extremely risky on a reef tank. There's not much more you could do to be more unsafe in your home.

You really need to have a bunch of plugs to protect the whole system because you don't want to take down the system in one fell swoop with a single GFI to a powerbar, although it's safe as long as you don't over current the plug or circuit.

I don't mean to be snappy or insulting with this, but it really is a life or death deal. Nobody wants a house to burn down when a fish splashes.

[gregzz4]

I have 13 GFCIs and 2 Surge suppressors
Think it'll do the trick ?

[justincgdick]

Yes, that's perfect. I don't understand why there are no surge protectors (being sold) where each plug is it's own GFI. For reefers it would be awesome.

Ideally you'd have a few different circuits, lightly loaded with a surge protection (might as well protect the whole house at the panel) and separate GFIs for all the gear. A few switches are nice too so you can shut down a pump or whatever easily. A few regular plugs are good for anything that doesn't contact water and you want to save a few bucks. The electrical along can run $200-600 for a big tank. That's just under the stand.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

... and 2 Surge suppressors

Oops, I actually have 3