After getting zapped in my finger a couple of times i got myself a voltage meter. Not even sure i'm reading it right. I thought I'd post it here and see what you guys think.
Short back story: my skimmer overflowed and i guess two liters came out in the aquarium stand and out on the parquet floor. Floor is a bit ruined, but my wife hasn't seen it yet I pulled all but return pump and waves out. At first i did not get any voltage readings so i thought i solved it.
After a day i got another zap. Measured again and nothing....but all of a sudden i got a reading once again. Discovered that when i DID get zapped i stood on the moist parquet. So i measured from the moist spot to various things and YAY.....i still have a problem.
Does this mean that the electricity comes from a pump or something, and when i put my finger in the water the electricity passes through me and down somewhere? Because i act as a ground? Fish seems unaffected - i guess the aquarium is isolated.
I guess next thing is to pull my return pump and work from there. I so hope it's not that pump. Does my measurement mean that it's an AC pump that's broken?
Any help/suggestions is much appreciated - i don't want to get electrocuted and i feel uncomfortable doing this. Wait, wife floor-rage-death or electrified-to-death? ;Blackeye
Voltage DCV
Wood floor to socket ground = 0,3v
Tank water to socket ground = 0,001v
Tank water to wood floor = 1v
And here comes the fun part:
Voltage ACV
Tank water to socket ground = 7,6-9,3v
Wood floor to socket ground = 80,5v
Tank water to wood floor = 110v
Short back story: my skimmer overflowed and i guess two liters came out in the aquarium stand and out on the parquet floor. Floor is a bit ruined, but my wife hasn't seen it yet I pulled all but return pump and waves out. At first i did not get any voltage readings so i thought i solved it.
After a day i got another zap. Measured again and nothing....but all of a sudden i got a reading once again. Discovered that when i DID get zapped i stood on the moist parquet. So i measured from the moist spot to various things and YAY.....i still have a problem.
Does this mean that the electricity comes from a pump or something, and when i put my finger in the water the electricity passes through me and down somewhere? Because i act as a ground? Fish seems unaffected - i guess the aquarium is isolated.
I guess next thing is to pull my return pump and work from there. I so hope it's not that pump. Does my measurement mean that it's an AC pump that's broken?
Any help/suggestions is much appreciated - i don't want to get electrocuted and i feel uncomfortable doing this. Wait, wife floor-rage-death or electrified-to-death? ;Blackeye
Voltage DCV
Wood floor to socket ground = 0,3v
Tank water to socket ground = 0,001v
Tank water to wood floor = 1v
And here comes the fun part:
Voltage ACV
Tank water to socket ground = 7,6-9,3v
Wood floor to socket ground = 80,5v
Tank water to wood floor = 110v