Drip loop importance (1 Viewer)

[Team Turtle]

So woke up this morning to my girlfriend yelling fire and the smoke alarms going off. My mistake almost cost us my tank, our house....our lives. I cannot stress this enough, this way my mistake and 100% avoidable if i had added a drip loop to my power cables. I bought a cheap ato, first mistake, put it on my tank in a hurry since i was going out of town, second mistake. No drip loop. Third mistake. Ato failed and over filled tanked causing water to run down straight into a surge protector. It caught fire. Thank God my girl was up. It didn't trip the breaker until i grabbed it to run outside. Causing a slight shock but a burn and discomfort to save everything else I'll take it. No one ever wants to spend a ton of money, we all want cheap. I'm here to say you can go cheap but do it safely. Add drip loops, dont go cheap on things like power strips, surge protectors...ato's.

 

[soymilk]

thanks for sharing, im prob gonna redo some wiring tonight to avoid a similar situation

also consider a gfci outlet or powerstrip

 

[Erin]

thanks for sharing

also consider a gfci outlet or powerstrip

+1 on GFCI. Drip loops don't help in a flood situation.

Glad you and your family are ok.

 

[foos]

GFCI won't necessarily prevent a fire. If the short is between hot and neut there is no ground fault and the GFCI won't trip. So, drip loops are critical even with GFCI.

What a GFCI will do for you is make it so that if you get water on a power strip and grab it, you will almost certainly live to regret the decisions that got you there.

 

[soymilk]

no need for gfci, I regret my decisions everyday

 

[Seaworthy Aquatics]

Glad nobody was hurt and that you learned from your mistakes. Seems like a lot people today refuse to do just that. Good luck and hope you get it all set up right!

 

[Team Turtle]

Glad nobody was hurt and that you learned from your mistakes. Seems like a lot people today refuse to do just that. Good luck and hope you get it all set up right!

I strive to learn. What sucks is i knew better before hand so this was 100% avoidable and my fault. Why i posted this, people please don't be lazy with your wiring.

 

[Tnconcept]

They sell these cheap leak detectors on Amazon its like $5 probably $10 now due to inflation. It's just a simple siren if water is detected. I have it and saved my butt 3 times while filling my ATO and doing another project. Could help you sleep a little better at night. Just my 2 cents! Glad no one was hurt!

 

[Team Turtle]

They sell these cheap leak detectors on Amazon its like $5 probably $10 now due to inflation. It's just a simple siren if water is detected. I have it and saved my butt 3 times while filling my ATO and doing another project. Could help you sleep a little better at night. Just my 2 cents! Glad no one was hurt!

Could you post a picture or link please?

 

[Tnconcept]

Could you post a picture or link please?

This was 5 bucks but unfortunately, they don't sell it anymore.

I found this one looks promising 8$



It is just a simple bridge that when water hits it will siren.

 

[Reefahholic]

They sell these cheap leak detectors on Amazon its like $5 probably $10 now due to inflation. It's just a simple siren if water is detected. I have it and saved my butt 3 times while filling my ATO and doing another project. Could help you sleep a little better at night. Just my 2 cents! Glad no one was hurt!

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[Reefahholic]

Good advice man. Simple things work well sometimes and will keep you alive with a roof over your head.

 

[Erin]

I have one of these -- the alarm will wake the dead!

 

[Team Turtle]

Thought I'd share what some of damage was. What i lost is not comparable to what i could have. Things are replacable, people are not. Be safe folks.

 

[Tangs]

Yup I had a close one with electricity yesterday. You can never be too careful.