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I know it’s not energized since I work on it often and almost everyone knows what an electric shock feels like. If it were that easy to tell there if there was stray voltage no one would ever need a meterI assure you that if you have an energized tank you will know. A bare wire in contact with a conductive surface around the tank it is a very stimulating experience. Glass with salt creep and moisture is enough. It doesn't just tingle.
Ever touched an electric fence. Probably not, but it is like that.
A puppy chewed a wire and I pulled it into the sump doing maintenance on my skimmer.
I had a tank crash from a heater that failed that also energized a tank. But I am 99% sure it was the products of the heater burning inside being released into the water that did the tank in. Not the electricity.