Tunze 6105 ORCA Initial Review
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Mine stay together but if i have trouble I'm just going wrap some electrical tape around the connector. A screw together sealed connector like my jebao powerheads have would have been nice considering the price of the orca.
DmitryB
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I guess I'll have to. If you guys say it connects easy, then I guess it is what it is, but I don't think I've ever seen a connector like this with less grip than my regular headphones. It's weird.
We deliberately stick to a standard power connector as losing power can be a crisis, less so when you can get a power supply at any electronics store that will solve the need, proprietary connectors make this a major crisis not solved in a matter of hours. The 2.5 by 5.5 tip is probably the most common. We use a socket that is made in Japan and can be replaced and is designed to have a fairly high degree of corrosion resistance, all of this is purposeful and while it may seem better options exist, in the big picture, keeping it simple keeps the product running long term.
Yes as Roger stated that is correct. I will say I added my two orcas shortly after the release and they are in the second tank now and I've not had any become disconnected and I had the cords hanging on the first tank.
PS I would just wrap it in electric tape just to be safe if your concerned. The tape is easily removed if needed and being black it won't stand out. I don't feel the need myself but I also don't like thinking about doing something and not doing it but wishing I had later. Hope that makes sense, it does in my head.
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rtparty
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I don't know how to explain it but pretend you are tying a shoe. Wrap the two cords together like the first step of tying your shoes, connect the plugs, and then pull them tight. You do the same thing with electrical cords on job sites when you can't have them pull apart.
I should have thought of that. It's exactly what I do when I worked on a roof using corded power tools. It only took one trip down the ladder ro retrieve the cord to learn that trick.
I had to like this, because I had to learn this the same way, unfortunately the main tool I need on the roof has generally been a hedge trimmer to get branches away and it has a really stupid stubby cord, basically a plug on about 3" of cord, you can't do this with.
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