How many times have you been electrocuted

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:dizzy: Since we spend most our time playing with saltwater and electricity, I'm sure a good amount of people have gotten a good zap or two.

For me, 5 times, 4 of which were tank related. How about you?
 
So which one of these guys is you? lol


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Not yet but I am looking after my friends tank for a couple weeks and his light fixture has shocked him multiple times. I get scared every time I have to test the water. Really scared.
 
Not yet but I am looking after my friends tank for a couple weeks and his light fixture has shocked him multiple times. I get scared every time I have to test the water. Really scared.

Careful, that sounds like a corroded fixture.
 
Never, I'm still alive. Electrocuted = dead by definition, but fortunately I've never been shocked.
 
Careful, that sounds like a corroded fixture.

I'm sure it is something along those lines. Although it is an odessey(sp) fixture so it could have done that from day one haha. I guess he just likes living on the edge
 
I build and work on swimming pools iv be shocked more time than I can remember LOL but not by my reef tank yet
 
I got arc-shocked when I got too close to an older power strip inside a stand (trying to find the switch on the thing during a flooding incident) with wet hands.

No damage...just enough of a zap to make me pay attention. Ouch!
 
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I had a bad link under my tank where all my power strips were and there was fog coming off the water when I went to unplug everything, I should have known I was in for a shock, but I experienced one of the worst pains of my life when I went to unplug everything under there and got shocked. I learned my lesson, now all my power strips are in a cabinet on the side of my tank, not risking that again!
 
I'm an electrician so many times, never by my tank though. I always try to keep water and electricity as separate as possible and my cords all neat.
 

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