pictures of GFCI fire

couple days ago had a fire when goldie spit water onto a plug...thankfully had a GFCI that shorted out when water hit, or else would be much worse!

 

holy guacamole.. good thing it tripped..

 

crazy. gfci FTW

 

I don't think that thing had GFCI protection:

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actually it did not, i had it plugged into a GFCI outlet that shorted it out when the water hit. If the strip was actually a GFCI I dont think it would have even caught on fire initially.

 

Wow, it ain't your month is it? Really glad to hear this was all the damage that occurred. Don't be too hard on goldie

 

this was an old post from back in October. Unfortunately Goldie and everything else in that tank died last week due to a pump failure

 

Something is not right, a properly functioning GFCI should not allow that much damage to occur. Have you had this looked at?

 

I agree.. When my girl plugs in to many things into that bathroom GFI it pops due to load. When something burns up this bad, it's creating a HEAVY load and did not pop soon enough.. It wouldn't of been this bad. I'd would check the GFI out or replace it.. They do carry at Home Depot weather resistant GFI outlets or even better, install it in the breaker panel with a GFI breaker. Well worth the money..

 

i had this happen while on vacation, sucks, it broke my skimmer pump and one of my ballasts.