holy sh$t i almost burnt the house down

[reefwars]

wow wow wow holy close i came home early today and after i sat down i looked at my tank no flow humm as i went to inspect i noticed burn marks as i looked at the back the powerbar was black and had caught fire while i was at work the back of my stand caught fire and my floor was burned the power bar was a charred crisp ....the best part its a gfi powerbar.......was anyways o my some glad im going new everything the powerbar is a few years old

[reefwars]

i am so ****ed i want to toss it across the room, the culprit was my hob aquaclear started a leak through the back


some glad i listened to you guys and never ran my tank off one powerbar the second back up was prob the only thing keeping everything alive when i got home. the only thing in the burned powerbar was a powerhead and aquaclear the lights heater and other powerhead was on a seperate power bar thank god

[naesco]

Sorry to hear this but you are lucky the fire did not spread.
How are your fish?

[The Grizz]

It must be uncomfortable for you to sit down with that horseshoe ......you know where

[fishoholic]

Glad things are ok and you didn't burn the house down

[ALang]

How terrible!
On the other hand, that horseshoe really worked, no matter WHERE it was lodged! I'd take it out and display it proudly if I were you.
Good luck. Call if you need anything.

[reefwars]

everything is fine in the tank as far as can tell im gonna do a small water change to be safe later once the stress is down, i had a bad feeling this morn and came home early today i didnt even smell it when i walked in lol the whole back of the tank is burnt to a crisp doubt it has any structure now the wall has burn marks the powerbar is a charred crisp all the plugs that were in it are burnt off , i am soooooo sooooo lucky ......the powerbar did shut off when water hit it just not in enough time to not catch fire i cant figure out why ,i plugged it in outside and it switches on as soon as i put a plug into it it shuts off again i was sketchy about that powerbar anyways where its so old should always go with your gut feeling not what the writing says

now if i can get the smoke out of my house id be really happy man what a day ever since i made the decision to sell everything went to hell.first my 110 started a cycle the day i posted my coral and fish i lost two fish and several coral and now a fire today someone doesnt want me to sell lol

grizz there may be a horseshoe there lol

[reefwars]

great now my filters arent working one doesnt even have a plug lol hope lr is enough to keep it stable untill i can get something together .....im replacing all my gfi's tonight with new ones no more chances no more waiting till last minute

[reefwars]

the only thing keeping the fire from spreading was the massive amount of water on my floor and walls lol the leak started the fire and put it out

[Megalodon]

Originally Posted by reefwars

i am so ****ed i want to toss it across the room, the culprit was my hob aquaclear started a leak through the back

Did the water drip on the GFI power bar? Shouldn't it have tripped? What brand was it?