Serious dangers of salt water tanks and any tank

[1eyedjyde]

I'm not 100% but I think it's because the fish are not grounded however they are irritated by excess current in the tank.

[outacontrol]

Originally Posted by 1eyedjyde

I'm not 100% but I think it's because the fish are not grounded however they are irritated by excess current in the tank.

There is no current in the tank until the human does something stupid, like putting his hand in the tank or any other "grounded" device such as a ground probe!

[Canuckgod420]

Originally Posted by burgerchow

Ok, I'm no electronics guy, but if there was a short in the tank and the water is "live"' wouldn't the fish be dead first, before you get shocked?

That clearly wouldnt happen, the fish arent grounded. Its like birds landing on power wires, no death, but if they where to contact 2 wires at the same time....poof, cooked bird.

[outacontrol]

Originally Posted by Dearth

Ever since then I check all wires and equipment regularly. GFIs and power bars are good investments however a GFI will only help if it detects current coming from one item so plugging a GFI into a power bar does you no good you have to use a GFI for each piece of equipment you plug in however that being said I have seen GFI power bars but know little about them aside from that they are flipping expensive

Sorry man this is simply not true, one Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) can detect faults in several things. You do not require a GFCI for each device.

[molotov]

Originally Posted by outacontrol

Sorry man this is simply not true, one Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) can detect faults in several things. You do not require a GFCI for each device.

So if I have my powerbars plugged into a CGFI outlet, each device plugged into the powerbar is protected? I often wondered that. A lot of us use controllers with powerbars. If the powerbar wasn't protected by the GFCI then the GFCI would be useless. So I understand this is not the case. Thanks for the clarification.

[reefermadness]

Originally Posted by molotov

So if I have my powerbars plugged into a CGFI outlet, each device plugged into the powerbar is protected? I often wondered that. A lot of us use controllers with powerbars. Thanks for the clarification.

A powerbar plugged into a GFI will protect all the devices down stream.....so yes.

If the powerbar wasn't protected by the GFCI then the GFCI would be useless. So I understand this is not the case.

Not sure what you mean here..

[outacontrol]

Originally Posted by reefermadness

I was about to start correcting people but outtacontrol is doing a good job.
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Thank you very much, its nice to hear that it is appreciated!

Originally Posted by molotov

If the powerbar wasn't protected by the GFCI then the GFCI would be useless. So I understand this is not the case. Thanks for the clarification.

I believe molotov is talking about an incorrect statement in an earlier post that you need a GFCI for each device.

[Dearth]

That was me with the incorrect statement about GFIs and thank you for correcting me on it because when I got into aquariums 18 yrs ago the GFIs I had would do nothing with power bars and ended up buying 9 GFIs for the 3 tanks I ran.

How things change over the years