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[kingranch2003]

Well, I screwed up, I already ordered before I realized it was taco Tuesday and not Wasabi Wednesday. :crying-face: I guess I’ll be eating tacostomorrow.

Tomorrow is actually Wasabi Wednesday Kevin, so sushi again!! Woo hooo

 

[kingranch2003]

Especially the ones made with lamb...

It's so much funnier to say sheep. Lol how are those sheep chops? Macaroni and sheep

 

[kingranch2003]

no tacos today. does this still count?

 

[Calmwaters]

built this while the baby did her 2 hour nap. originally made trestle style brackets and hung the stuff from the ceiling.

This is so cool!

 

[Calmwaters]

Ok barnicals good or bad in an aquarium? Just noticed one of the snails I have in the pico has several live ones on its shell. I thought they might be dead but then today I seen this...

 

[Calmwaters]

This one might be better...

 

[kingranch2003]

Only if you add lemon and salt ;)

Lemon?

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Just letting everybody know. I'm going to try to cut down on screen time for Lent. I'll check in on Saturdays but otherwise plan to avoid recreational YouTube videos and other media, including, sadly Reef2Reef. I'll check in for advice if need be though. I'll definitely miss it, but that's what makes a good sacrifice:-) . I'll post some kid pics on Saturdays too (oh yeah, and any work I do on the aquarium). :-)

 

[tbrown]

The same for me lol, we cubans use lemon for both lol, green lemon and yellow lemon ;) :face-with-tears-of-joy:

Not just Cubans, it's Spanish sir!

 

[kingranch2003]

Everyone having a good day?
Got the patio at home cleaned up before it rains again.
Still only in the 40's but I can see spring somewhere out there....

It took me over an hour to get through Mardi Gras traffic on the way home. I'm glad it's over. Hopefully you're enjoying some good music, Joel.

 

[tbrown]

so who's knowledgable with electrics? I have everything except my main pump plugged into this power hub. The power hub is plugged into a GFCI into the outlet and attached to the red circled breaker. the breaker trips everyone in a while. nothing else is on this circuit. is this because it's a ARC and the other is GFCI? (At Least I think that might be Arc) I think one of these is the current issue. I only have about 1100 watts on this circuit when it's all on. That GFCI has never tripped. twice the power hub has tripped and the rest it;s the main breaker. This is my second power hub because the first suddenly no longer worked. so I suspect that's the real issue right now.

Should I just get a regular power strip and plug it into the GFCI instead of the power hub?
I don't have the capability of hooking up a new line.

The mighty jet is plugged into a UPS and is not on the GFCI.

MightyJet - 85W
Sicce 5.0 - 105W
Helio Heaters - 700W
AI Hydra - 90W
2 MP40 (38W) - 76W
ATO Tunze 3155 - wattage?

how should I redo this?

Pull the breaker out and see if it's dirty or burnt?

Also, have you checked for potential stray voltage in the tank? Maybe something is overdrawing or leaking into the tank and causing a short?

 

[kingranch2003]

built this while the baby did her 2 hour nap. originally made trestle style brackets and hung the stuff from the ceiling.

That is fantastic! I wish I had the steady hands and imagination to do something like that.

 

[kingranch2003]

We're going white this week....

Side shots for the win!

 

[tbrown]

Been running like this for over a year. Then past week has tripped 4 times. So you’re thinking new breaker?

Has anything else been plugged in downstream on the same circuit? In other words, what else is tripping in the house when the breaker trips? Potentially you have a bad neutral downstream of the outlet or you have a fan or something kick on downstream that causes an overdraw.

 

[kingranch2003]

;)

What do you have there Luis?

 

[luis angel]

Not just Cubans, it's Spanish sir!

Don't think so lol,
In Mexico is lima
Colombia Lima tahiti

 

[tbrown]

Wonder if that's what's tripping it? His power hub has a surge protector that was plugged into a GFCI at the outlet.

I could be wrong but I think 2 GFCI trip the GFCI, not the breaker?

 

[luis angel]

Just letting everybody know. I'm going to try to cut down on screen time for Lent. I'll check in on Saturdays but plan to avoid recreational YouTube videos and other media, including, sadly Reef2Reef. I'll check in for advice if need be though. I'll definitely miss it, but that's what makes a good sacrifice:) . I'll post some kid pics on Saturdays too (oh yeah, and any work I do on the aquarium). :)

We are gonna are for you buddy, Sacrifices that must be made for the family are always important, don't get lost for too long ;)

 

[luis angel]

What do you have there Luis?

Aji cachucha

 

[Üter]

Paul I'm going to suggest testing the breaker with everything running and see how many amps you are drawing.
I had this happen to me and was going to tell you the whole story but I'll just be to the point.
I don't explain things very well.
I'm also not an electrician.
My neighbor is however.
He does replace breakers but not very often.
With the history of this as you mentioned I'd almost bet something has gone bad and is drawing way more power just at times than it should.
When I was having this same problem we tested the breaker while shutting things off and on.
It turned out my old eheim return was the culprit.
You can use the watt to volt to amps calculator to see if you are close to 20 amps draw but I doubt it.
Power strips, GFCIS, breakers are all meant to trip if there's a load problem with something plugged into it.
You can take an extension cord and plug everything into a different circuit and see if it does it again but since it is random it will probably do it while you are asleep or something lol.
And it will probably happen again.
I'm a apprentice electrician, as most of us reefers are but having someone test this circuit would be my suggestion.
Then you can get to the bottom of things and see what needs to be replaced.
Sorry for the long post.

thank you for that. I'm going to dig through my electrical stuff in the garage and see if I can find the claw. it clamps over the power cord and displays current/amps/volts. I don't remember why I bought it so can't remember where I put it.