Just had this installed at the Reef2Reef office.

[revhtree Verified Admin]

We just had a new GFCI installed today for the Reef2Reef office tank.

A lot of tanks people set up in their homes are located near electrical outlets that are NOT GFCI protected. It's an added, smaller expense, to have the peace of mind that's worth it to make sure everyone in your house is protected IMO.

Next up? Plumbing!

 

[tzabor10]

Great recommendation.

 

[Beachbilly]

Oh heck yeah I put one in and ran a new wire through my attic dedicated to the tank. I also ran a small bead of silicon along the wall behind my tank across the shoe molding.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Oh heck yeah I put one in and ran a new wire through my attic dedicated to the tank. I also ran a small bead of silicon along the wall behind my tank across the shoe molding.

Nice!

 

[Beachbilly]

 

[BryanM]

We just had a new GFCI installed today for the Reef2Reef office tank.

A lot of tanks people set up in their homes are located near electrical outlets that are NOT GFCI protected. It's an added, smaller expense, to have the peace of mind that's worth it to make sure everyone in your house is protected IMO.

Next up? Plumbing!

I swapped my outlet out for a GFCI as well.

Depending on size/load of equipment for the tank, I wish I had run a 2nd circuit to that location as well.

 

[MasterClassReefs]

Had an electrician pull 2x 20amp dedicated circuits to my tank with GFCI breakers. Not getting shocked again...

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Had an electrician pull 2x 20amp dedicated circuits to my tank with GFCI breakers. Not getting shocked again...

I asked our electrician about also installing a GFCI breaker and he said that could cause some issues with false positives. What are your thoughts on that?

 

[Beachbilly]

Youd be surprised the equipment we run nowadays, there's hardly any load. The electrician also checked my other 32g display said it barely pulled 4 amps. I had at least 16 things plugged in on that tank. Not really sure how many amps in my current display .

 

[Linden13]

That's great. When I put in my new tank last year I ran 2 dedicated circuits with gfci to my tank also. Some day I will get around to actually doing a build thread on here.
Now I just need to get the rest of my old house rewired so the wife doesnt trip the breaker when the dishwasher is on and she uses her hair dryer lol

 

[Beachbilly]

LOL it's a terds nest!! I guess it's partially due to redundancy. Like the old song says "the things we do for love"... heck yeah. If I lost everything, I'd do it all over again. Like the new song, "i'm a sucker for you."

 

[Gumbies R Us]

 

[MasterClassReefs]

Had an electrician pull 2x 20amp dedicated circuits to my tank with GFCI breakers. Not getting shocked again...

I asked our electrician about also installing a GFCI breaker and he said that could cause some issues with false positives. What are your thoughts on that?

If running both the outlet gfci and a breaker gfci I could definitely see that being an issue. With one or the other I dont believe so though. The breaker gfci protects the whole circuit where as an outlet gfci would cover the outlet itself. Since my outlets are on dedicated circuits and humidity can cause complications with gfci I decided on the breaker as a solution.

 

[PharmrJohn]

Something I did at the very beginning. Electricity is not always your friend!

 

[MasterClassReefs]

Youd be surprised the equipment we run nowadays, there's hardly any load. The electrician also checked my other 32g display said it barely pulled 4 amps. I had at least 16 things plugged in on that tank. Not really sure how many amps in my current display .

My system can potentially pull 2,900 watts, thats nearly 500w in excess of what a 20 amp circuit can handle alone so for me its a necessity. I have a monster tank though.

 

[Bob Escher]

We just had a new GFCI installed today for the Reef2Reef office tank.

A lot of tanks people set up in their homes are located near electrical outlets that are NOT GFCI protected. It's an added, smaller expense, to have the peace of mind that's worth it to make sure everyone in your house is protected IMO.

Next up? Plumbing!

Had one installed when I setup my first tank 14 years ago

 

[GuppyHJD]

I ran a dedicated circuit and installed a GCFI when I set my tank up 4.5yrs ago. Three months ago, was on vacation, my home had an intense storm and a neighbors tree was struck by lightning. Two GFCI outlets popped in my house. None of the bathrooms or the kitchen but the garage and the aquarium. It happened about 4am. We got home 10pm, and four fish were dead. I considered removing the GFCI but decided "people" over fish. I have been told a GFCI breaker likely will trip less. Also I installed a power loss air pump. When I travel again I am going to move one wave maker, half of the lights and the return pump to a non-gfci outlet until I return home.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have two gfci's at tank, grounding probes at tank and water alarms

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

I ran a dedicated circuit and installed a GCFI when I set my tank up 4.5yrs ago. Three months ago, was on vacation, my home had an intense storm and a neighbors tree was struck by lightning. Two GFCI outlets popped in my house. None of the bathrooms or the kitchen but the garage and the aquarium. It happened about 4am. We got home 10pm, and four fish were dead. I considered removing the GFCI but decided "people" over fish. I have been told a GFCI breaker likely will trip less. Also I installed a power loss air pump. When I travel again I am going to move one wave maker, half of the lights and the return pump to a non-gfci outlet until I return home.

Sorry to hear that. That’s a tough one!

Did you know the power was out to the tank? I like to have cameras or something that can tell me everything is alright when I’m away.

 

[FishMann410]

I have an electrician coming next week to run a dedicated circuit for a future tank. So far it seems that the consensus is a GFI breaker is better than one on the receptacle itself and not to do both. Do we agree?