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Thank you!Excellent write-up
Ok I need a safety check for my new setup. Here's a pic of the acrylic shield I mounted in front of my power strip:
I mounted the power strip behind it as high as I could. All of the cords have drip loops, especially the one to the outlet. I am installing a gcfi outlet before the tank is up and running. In case the sump floods, the water will run out the front or in a hole in the back, ensuring it never reaches any outlet:
Is this setup safe? I've tried to think of everything. I'll neaten up the cords.
Thank you!Excellent write, and a great advice for newer reefers. Like I always said... "Safety first and always play in the safest side".
If I get a short, will the gcfi protect me?IMO, anything you can do to try and keep things dry and salt creep free is a step in the right direction.
Being that the power strip is under the tank (along with the sump) you risk humidity condensing inside the plugs/power-strip and causing a possible short, you can mitigate that to an extent by ventilating the stand and lessening the risk.
If you look at it from the point of view that it's the only reason you installed the GFCI, you have reduced the likelihood of a flare up, but GFCIs are notorious for tripping easily (as designed) and some hobbyist choose not to incorporate them based on past experiences with the outlet turning off their entire system. I'm all for safety so better that, than risk a fire that threatens the lives of my family. In addition, GFCI protection devices fail at times, leaving the switching contacts closed and allowing the device to continue to provide power without protection and a real reason to test it regularly or habitually.If I get a short, will the gcfi protect me?
I'd rather the system turn off than have a fire hazard. That being said, is there anything else I can do to make it safer?If you look at it from the point of view that it's the only reason you installed the GFCI, you have reduced the likelihood of a flare up, but GFCIs are notorious for tripping easily (as designed) and some hobbyist choose not to incorporate them based on past experiences with the outlet turning off their entire system. I'm all for safety so better that, than risk a fire that threatens the lives of my family. In addition, GFCI protection devices fail at times, leaving the switching contacts closed and allowing the device to continue to provide power without protection and a real reason to test it regularly or habitually.
So a fan maybe?IMO, anything you can do to try and keep things dry and salt creep free is a step in the right direction.
Being that the power strip is under the tank (along with the sump) you risk humidity condensing inside the plugs/power-strip and causing a possible short, you can mitigate that to an extent by ventilating the stand and lessening the risk.
This of course is a judgment call anesthetics would have to be taken into consideration but you could look into getting something called an ottoman storage box, they make them in different styles and fashions, and you could move your electronic components out from under the tank, and yet be adjacent to the tank but yet separate.I'd rather the system turn off than have a fire hazard. That being said, is there anything else I can do to make it safer?
So a fan maybe?
oy vey... Hope that's a good thing.You got me thinking
Thanks man!Great write up and thank for putting it out here
Yes, it is a good thing. I was taught that AC will kill you. I am thinking of moving a few more things around.oy vey... Hope that's a good thing.