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in this case it turns the unit off if water were to leak into the electric part of the unit which in turn could potentially start a fire.GFCI is not to prevent fires, it is to prevent the loss of life.
If your UV is tripping the GFCI then you have leakage to earth.
in this case it turns the unit off if water were to leak into the electric part of the unit which in turn could potentially start a fire.
your'e not following along correctly.water leaking into an electrical outlet wouldn't cause a fire, it would cause a dangerous situation for you. Water leaking into a GFCI trips the circuit so you don't get hurt. Maybe only in Hollywood the water causes a fire.
Even if you are correct, GFCI's were not and are not designed to protect aquarium or water products, nor are they to prevent fires, they are designed to detect leakage to ground, interrupt power and save lives. There is a reason the ground leakage is 20milliamps here in Australia.in this case it turns the unit off if water were to leak into the electric part of the unit which in turn could potentially start a fire.
your'e not following along correctly.
regardless of whatever the semantics we wanna play with electrical terms, i bought a $400 unit that does not function properly and a safety feature does not work. neither company wants to refund or replace the unit to a functioning one. thats the issue and the only point i care to discuss.
and honestly at this point this thread is nothing more than documentation of events for both BRS and Pentair and potentially CC claims devision.
There’s water in it, as it’s on a tank and running.Are you testing the UV dry or are you pumping water through it?
Your understanding of glass and physics is incorrect. That’s not how glass (and quartz glass) works... re: “micro cracks”my lifegard 90 watt ho uv also gives the tingle. Its brand new too. I measured .5 uA coming from it. I dont have a gfci so i just installed a ground probe because i noticed my yellow tang acts much more jumpy whithout a ground.
A couple of ideas where it comes from. Possibly micro cracks wirthin the glass tube, or oils on the rubber sealant side allows enough seepage through due to salty sweat. Another possibility is its just the nature of high voltage being close to water and inducing enough amps to cause a tingle. Lastly i noticed a couple of brown spots on the outer glass tube on each end, maybe that caused some micro cracks? Solved my dino problem but created another....
Well it was worth a shot. Any ideas why this happens?Your understanding of glass and physics is incorrect. That’s not how glass (and quartz glass) works... re: “micro cracks”
Nope. I gave up.Well it was worth a shot. Any ideas why this happens?
If it was not designed originally to be low leakage or if they do not know how it will not matter if it is new or old.Nope. I gave up.
I just sucked it up and accepted that if you run a UV filter it can’t be gfi protected. I also run a grounding probe now.
None of the engineers at the manufacturer could figure it out I don’t think I’m gonna....
Although I did get a whole second UV unit sent me to me free because of it from BRS, so basically when this one starts breaking down on the inside (inside plastic since there no UV shield) I can just replace the whole unit.
so I least I got something for all the headache
The manufacturer states that it should ALWAYS be plugged into GFI outlet when running. But multiple replacement parts tells me it’s not possible even though they think it is.If it was not designed originally to be low leakage or if they do not know how it will not matter if it is new or old.
You are correct that having resistors in parallel decreases the overall resistance, but GFCIs work by detecting current imbalance, not by detecting resistance to ground. Having multiple GFCIs in parallel shouldn’t affect that.THIS!
Multiple GFCI's on a circuit cause havoc. Install only on the first outlet from the Main Circuit Breaker and the whole circuit will be protected.
There is an effect where other GFCI's detect the tiny amount of current being used to detect resistance to ground, which causes the overall resistance to drop.
Resistors in parellel reduce overall resistance. Added in series they increase it.