Tripped my GFCI tonight

[Ryan15236]

On the outside of my canopy sitting on top are 2 surge protectors. They run 5 Jebao SLW powerheads, 3 AI hydra 52’s, and 2 LED 460 nm bars. My whole tank is also on the same GFCI circuit

I thawed some frozen cubes in a cup and sat on top of canopy then did a few things and came back and flipped my canopy top back and forgot all about the cup sitting on top and this dumped the water straight onto those surge protectors which immediately flipped the gfci. I never sit that cup on top and not sure why I did tonight for this reason. I have had a lot on my mind with regular job, opening another business and a 9 month old. I guess I need a good nights sleep. Anyways I’m glad I had these installed. I just switched out surge protectors and reset gfci and I’m back online. Now I’m gonna have to relocate surge protector next chance I get but could potentially been a lot worse.

What would have happened without GFCI installed on circuit?

Anyone have similar experiences?

 

[Ef4life]

Water in the outlets should/would have tripped the circuit Breaker. Water allowing a direct short to happen. If it doesnt trip the breaker, it could have caused a fire.

A circuit breaker protects the wiring from over current situations causing heat to build and eventually a fire

A gfci and or arc faults are to protect you

 

[Ryan15236]

Water in the outlets should/would have tripped the circuit Breaker. Water allowing a direct short to happen. If it doesnt trip the breaker, it could have caused a fire.

A circuit breaker protects the wiring from over current situations causing heat to build and eventually a fire

A gfci and or arc faults are to protect you

Thanks for the explanation. I’m not very familiar/confident with electricity and working on changing that

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Glad you are ok and safe!

 

[That Crusso Kid]

On the outside of my canopy sitting on top are 2 surge protectors. They run 5 Jebao SLW powerheads, 3 AI hydra 52’s, and 2 LED 460 nm bars. My whole tank is also on the same GFCI circuit

I thawed some frozen cubes in a cup and sat on top of canopy then did a few things and came back and flipped my canopy top back and forgot all about the cup sitting on top and this dumped the water straight onto those surge protectors which immediately flipped the gfci. I never sit that cup on top and not sure why I did tonight for this reason. I have had a lot on my mind with regular job, opening another business and a 9 month old. I guess I need a good nights sleep. Anyways I’m glad I had these installed. I just switched out surge protectors and reset gfci and I’m back online. Now I’m gonna have to relocate surge protector next chance I get but could potentially been a lot worse.

What would have happened without GFCI installed on circuit?

Anyone have similar experiences?

Happy you are safe.

If you do not have your tank grounded then you want to do that too.

 

[Ryan15236]

On the outside of my canopy sitting on top are 2 surge protectors. They run 5 Jebao SLW powerheads, 3 AI hydra 52’s, and 2 LED 460 nm bars. My whole tank is also on the same GFCI circuit

I thawed some frozen cubes in a cup and sat on top of canopy then did a few things and came back and flipped my canopy top back and forgot all about the cup sitting on top and this dumped the water straight onto those surge protectors which immediately flipped the gfci. I never sit that cup on top and not sure why I did tonight for this reason. I have had a lot on my mind with regular job, opening another business and a 9 month old. I guess I need a good nights sleep. Anyways I’m glad I had these installed. I just switched out surge protectors and reset gfci and I’m back online. Now I’m gonna have to relocate surge protector next chance I get but could potentially been a lot worse.

What would have happened without GFCI installed on circuit?

Anyone have similar experiences?

Happy you are safe.

If you do not have your tank grounded then you want to do that too.

I have a grounding probe I ordered and never plugged in because I saw that titanium heaters will ground the tank. This true? I have 2 titanium heaters in my tank

 

[That Crusso Kid]

I have a grounding probe I ordered and never plugged in because I saw that titanium heaters will ground the tank. This true? I have 2 titanium heaters in my tank

Yes, that will work as long as it is three pronged and plugged into a GFCI circuit.

Here is a good way to test your heaters to make sure they are grounding properly.

Testing your titanium heater as grounding probes

So a few have asked how to test there titanium heaters to ensure there properly grounded and will act as a grounding probe. *** @BeanAnimal has brought to my attention some heaters are in surplus without the ground wire bonded at the heater therefore making it not capable doubling as a...

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