holy sh$t i almost burnt the house down

[reefermadness]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

it would only trip if the drip created a short to ground. if it was between the hot and common then no trip.

Steve

Certainly when a powerbar gets wet current will leak to ground. Any ground fault and the GFI trips in 5ms.

The problem could be that he used a GFCI power bar and not a GFCI recepticle. The power bar triped sure but the outlet feeding the powerbar is still going hence if the power bar is really wet and there is still power to the powerbar, this could cause a fire potentially.

[Edmonton newbie]

i have a fluval 404 not in use right now if you need a quick fix on the filter

[reefwars]

that is what the case is regular plug gfi powerbar im surprised it didnt trip the breaker in my house??

[reefwars]

i got one working again the other is toast lol burned to nothing and half the cord to say the least im changing the socket to gfi tomorrow and upgrading in a powerbar

[coreyskylar]

I also have a aquaclear 110 HOB that you can borrow.

[BlueWorldAquatic]

Consider the Gfgi recepticles, they would be a lot more reliable. Rona has them for like $25

Ken

[zum14]

Wow. Thats a big fear for me too. Wierd though. We had a fire at our LFS just recently too. Powerbar lit up. Cant remember if it was a bad powerhead or water though. Has made me rethink a few things. Just good to hear nothing went down because of it.

[BlueWorldAquatic]

I know when I took over Blue World, it was a fire waiting to happen. Spent lotsa $$$ for gfgi breakers and such to protect everything/everyone.

Ken

[Flash]

this has me wanting to run out after work tomorrow to canadian tire and buy new powerbars... I have slight paranoia... I'm going to be a mess worrying about my house tomorrow while at work... Thank goodness it wasn't your whole house!!!

[reefermadness]

Also never leave powerbars or power cords on the floor and leave a drip loop.