I decided to drill a hole in my floor and move the sump to the basement just like any normal person. The 90g display system had been set up for a few years with no issues. It had a 9.5 Mag pump. I moved everything to the basement and hooked it up and got a shock. Thinking the pump had gotten damaged when I dropped it in the sump or something I pulled it out and tried a smaller pump I had laying around.. that one shocks too. And I tried a third... shocks. So I thought maybe everything is just too wet and the current is flowing down the wire... let it go a day with just in tank flow and plugged in again and it seemed okay. But today it's shocking me again.
I've tried more than one circuit in the house (I wired it myself about 6 years ago)... but when I did I have three separate circuits in range of this area of the basement. Every circuit is on its own GFCI and none of those have tripped. All circuits are causing the shock. I had heaters in the sump too but have ruled them out, and the shock goes away anytime I unplug the pump. I do have a brand new pump ordered.. but is it just that I got unlucky and the two pumps I had sitting around lost their seal and the one I had been using went out too? Or is there something in the wiring I should test? I've plugged GFCI testers in and they all show correct wiring and functional GFCI. I just found it hard to believe I had 3 bad pumps... but I guess its possible.
I've tried more than one circuit in the house (I wired it myself about 6 years ago)... but when I did I have three separate circuits in range of this area of the basement. Every circuit is on its own GFCI and none of those have tripped. All circuits are causing the shock. I had heaters in the sump too but have ruled them out, and the shock goes away anytime I unplug the pump. I do have a brand new pump ordered.. but is it just that I got unlucky and the two pumps I had sitting around lost their seal and the one I had been using went out too? Or is there something in the wiring I should test? I've plugged GFCI testers in and they all show correct wiring and functional GFCI. I just found it hard to believe I had 3 bad pumps... but I guess its possible.