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Old 04-05-2008, 11:04 PM
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You must be afraid to go near your tank.

Measure between the reflector and a ground point, right a receptacle. Rather than your lights being the ground, they might be the leak.
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Hey there doug just reading your post and may be you should check your GFI plug to make sure that it is grounded first off , if not its just like a normal plug..
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Hey there doug just reading your post and may be you should check your GFI plug to make sure that it is grounded first off , if not its just like a normal plug..
Yes its grounded. Both are.
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You must be afraid to go near your tank.
You've got that right. Scaring the crap out of me.

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[Measure between the reflector and a ground point, right a receptacle. Rather than your lights being the ground, they might be the leak.
Will check that today.
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120 or less is not kids play when its your forehead thats sparking.
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Doug, I know this all serious and stuff, but I just can't help laughing my a$$ off !! Maybe you need rubber gloves and a rubber hat!
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When checking for stray voltage with a volt meter, where do you put the probes. In the water? I've never had to do this but am still curious of the procedure.
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When checking for stray voltage with a volt meter, where do you put the probes. In the water? I've never had to do this but am still curious of the procedure.
I started out, {because it was the grounded pendant and water contact that got me}, with a measure from the pendant, {red probe} to the water [black probe, common}. When the ground probe was installed, I dont get a reading now.

Unless you forget the ground is out and you're forehead arcs across to the pendant.
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Doug, I know this all serious and stuff, but I just can't help laughing my a$$ off !! Maybe you need rubber gloves and a rubber hat!

Thats me if it gets me again.
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