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I was on vacation last week and while I was gone my house lost power during a thunderstorm. When I returned home many appliances in my house no longer functioned including my boiler and mini-split A/C unit. My electrician and HVAC technician both think a lightning strike was to blame. Among the damaged items were two GFCI receptacles, one in my garage and the other in my sump room. These receptacles could not be reset and needed to be replaced. Luckily, my tank is not up and running yet as I am still in the building stage. I am having a Kohler whole-home automatic backup generator installed but my electrician said even that wouldn't have prevented a lightning strike from damaging the GFCI receptacles.
So my question is do you use GFCI protected circuits for your reef tank which can fail and leave your tank without power even if you have a generator or do you use non-GFCI protected circuits which would leave you vulnerable to a fault?
So my question is do you use GFCI protected circuits for your reef tank which can fail and leave your tank without power even if you have a generator or do you use non-GFCI protected circuits which would leave you vulnerable to a fault?