I have my reef in my living room, and when we built the house I had a GFCI outlet placed on the wall near the tank. The rest of the outlets in the room are standard outlets.
Last night apparently the GFCI outlet tripped and my tank was down for ~8 hours. A simple reset button push had me back in business. No water had splashed anywhere. There was no power outage, although I did hear my room fan "cut out" for a second like it lost power but nothing else in the house did.
I have a Generac 22KW whole home generator and my tank still goes down due to a stupid outlet. ;Rage
Is it even advisable anymore to keep a GFCI outlet? I get they're safe, but what if this had happened on vacation? Or in a cold winter? Should I rewire it to be a standard outlet? What about a rewire and a GFCI breaker?
Last night apparently the GFCI outlet tripped and my tank was down for ~8 hours. A simple reset button push had me back in business. No water had splashed anywhere. There was no power outage, although I did hear my room fan "cut out" for a second like it lost power but nothing else in the house did.
I have a Generac 22KW whole home generator and my tank still goes down due to a stupid outlet. ;Rage
Is it even advisable anymore to keep a GFCI outlet? I get they're safe, but what if this had happened on vacation? Or in a cold winter? Should I rewire it to be a standard outlet? What about a rewire and a GFCI breaker?