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11-07-2005, 06:42 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Noblesville, IN,Indiana Age: 56
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|  Is your power protected?!
Last night I had a hose break on my overflow, dumping about 4 gallons of water on the wall, carpet and  wall outlet. Thank the Lord the first thing I did befor I even put the stand in place was to put a GFCI outlet on the wall. Everything shut down immediately until I could get it all cleaned up. This is a must have in my opinion. I put this here because for some people it will be a DIY, but if you don't have the skills, by all means have a pro do it.
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55 gal FOWLR, SeaClone 150 skimmer. 2" LS, 50# LR. 29Gal sump/fuge ViaAqua 2600 pump, chaeto, 1" sand, LR
2 Percula Clowns, Scissortail Goby, Black Birdwrasse, Keyhole angel, Lawnmower Blenny, | 
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11-07-2005, 07:30 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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Just for my info (and maybe others) what is a GFCI outlet?
Marc _________ 
20Gal, 45 lbs LR, 65W PC 10 000K + 65W PC 20 000K + 10Gal sump/fuge
Livestock :hermit and snails, Green star polyps, Button polyps, Finger leather, Xenia, Zoanthids, Mushrooms, Yellow polyps, montipora digitata, acropora, ?mistery polyps?, mistery crab, six line wrasse | |
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11-07-2005, 09:06 PM
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| | Kole Tang
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: SF/Monterey Bay Area, CA
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Ground Fault Current Interuption. They sense a ground fault and trip once sensed. User typically has to retrip them once tripped.
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11-07-2005, 09:13 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
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 Alternately, you could replace the breaker at the box with a GFI breaker. need to put that on my list of stuff to do......  Thanks for the reminder! Glad you are OK!
It protects you from being shocked to death! _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch  | |
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11-08-2005, 05:58 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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Ah ok.... thanks... i know what they are but since i speek french i wasnt sure about the terminology.
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11-08-2005, 07:11 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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Your words sounded english enough to me 
The gfci usually trips at about 5 1/2 milliamperes to ground. Right around the threshold of perception. Definitely keeps you from being electrocuted.
Jim
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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11-08-2005, 07:16 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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Well i did learn english at a very young age and with no accent at all you wouldnt even know i was french by just hearing me speek but im not familliar with all the terms for everything... i know what those oulet's are and i know the term in french, just not in english.
So what are we saying here, just a power bar for the tank isnt enough?
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11-08-2005, 07:49 AM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Tyler, Texas
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I have a question. I bought a couple of these gfci awhile back and my husband said that they weren't needed because it would shut off at the box in the garage and that all the gfic did was to keep you from having to go out into the garage to reset the switch. Somehow I don't think this is correct. Wouldn't it shut off faster at the source with a gfic?
A couple of months ago while I was out of town my husband said there was a loud noise and a flame behind the fish tank. He took care of the situation and placed a gfic back there in a different wall outlet. I assume I can't use the other wall outlet anymore. I guess it had gotten a little salt water splashed on it. I guess he had a change of mind about the gfic.
Cindy
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12 gl Nano reef and 120 gl reef,fish,coral; 160 lbs. of LR, 250 lbs of LS. Aqua C EV 180 skimmer,&PC lighting. A new 44 gl sump/fuge (to be installed). Regal Tang, Yellow Tang, Foxface, 2 Lyre tail Anthias, 2 Blue-Green Chromis, Clarki Clown, Coral Beauty, Spotted Hawk Fish, Pink spotted goby,Open Brains, Crocea Clam , Mandarin, Skunk Clown, Huge BTA and lots of LPS. | |
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11-08-2005, 01:55 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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It is true that if a short circiut develops the breaker in the garage would trip. But, a GFCI breaker or receptacle will trip sooner and should also stop you from being electrocuted. All it takes is .1 amps of current through the heart for 1 second to stop it from beating. Would you rather a wait for 20 amp circuit breaker or a .005 ampere gfci receptacle? lol
Jim
For the technically inclined, the gfci also senses current flow from the neutral to the ground wire as well as the hot wire to ground. | |
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11-08-2005, 02:32 PM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Tyler, Texas
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I have them on all of my tanks now and I think my husband is now a believer after what he witnessed. What can I say....he never listens to me. It must be a man thing!
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