Wiring advice/help needed (voltage in tank)

[GoFish]

Originally Posted by Wildechild_01

I will assume that your GFCI is installed correctly

Pretty sure, i left the yellow tape on an followed directions

Originally Posted by Wildechild_01

The 50v is not likely to cause any real harm to you, but if your standing bare foot on a metal drain in a puddle of water the potential is there, i generally only notice it if i have a small cut on the finger in the tank

LOL had no plans on that

Originally Posted by Wildechild_01

The voltages you read are electrical potential differences between the water and your homes ground, providing that is where your other meter lead is

Could you try explaining this part a bit more?

I really appreciate your reply! Its helped some

Originally Posted by gregzz4

I'd suggest you start replacing hardware as the units that are leaking voltage will eventually get worse and fail, probably blowing your gfci and turning the whole system off.

Good idea, i will probably just shut this tank down and build something bigger and better. Really weird that all the equipment contributes, Skimmer is 3 m/o reef octopus, heater 1.5 y/o aqueon pro, koralia 6 m/o. The filter and lights are at least 3 years old though.

Originally Posted by gregzz4

I've never liked the idea of subjecting the critters to voltage with a probe

I read this somewhere on RC last week, if its true the fish don't look to react any different with or w/o the probe