reefkeeper 2 caught fire this morning (1 Viewer)

[ReefNoob]

but fortunately,I was having breakfast in the kitchen and smelled the smoke early enough to avoid anything major...I had to blow the small flames 5-7" before it really took off.Wow.

I'm sooo annoyed,since I don't have any clue of why that happened.
My actinics were lit for about 10-15 minutes and that's the outlet that started burning. The outlet has a drip loop, is not under the tank so never wet... everything else is still working OK( wavemaker,10k lights ) but I'm now scared of using that unit.
anybody heard of such a thing???







it seems I'm having all the fun these days!

 

[cstewart79]

I find summer the toughest time on our reefs. I seem to run into more issues during the hot months than I do during the cool ones. Good luck and I would replace the whole powerstrip!!!!

 

[crvz]

Wow, second electrical fire I've seen this week. Not sure what would have caused it other than a short. I'd take it apart and see what the guts look like.

 

[tedu]

I'd email the DA (mfg) guys before doing anything else.

 

[slyfox]

eeeek!! thats a worry....glad u were there

 

[goby1kanobi]

Sooooooooo, glad you caught that.
One of the science labs had a beautiful reef tank @ a private school out here last year. Sponsored by Mattress Mack, very nice indeed. Large flames that burned and caused smoke damage for the entire lab, firemen suspect the tank, but it was the last thing they said before they smashed an AXE through the middle of the tank!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8O

 

[MarkieB]

First I feel for you. You are being reef challenged this month.
It stinks when everything hits at once!

Second do what TED said. Do not take it apart, report to the manufacture first. They might void replacement if they see it has been opened and it may be a pattern and something they need to know!

Third some thoughts!
Typical to what you see would be a short or overload.
What was plugged in that outlet? Is that outlet rated to take the load you had in it? I don't have one of those units but are some outlets rated to pull smaller loads than the others.

What seems odd is that the unit does not have a fuse to blow in an overload/shortage event like this? Also I would have thought your GFIC would have tripped from this!

 

[ReefNoob]

more info

guys,I am pretty happy it happened this morning when I was there

Thanks for all suggestions.
Here's some additional info:
- my two 56W actinics were plugged in there and had been lit for about 15 minutes already
-GFCI did not trip
- the fuse did not blow

I've sent an email+ left a VM to the Digital aquatics guys;I've had this unit for 2 months,it was unused.I will not do anything before I hear back from them.

Overall, I feel a bit overwhelmed ( don't get me started on my return pump that does not fit in the return compartment of the refugium/sump I installed over the week end)

 

[Guest]

Damn. And I was about to pick one of these up. Definitely need to talk to DA about this one.

 

[ReefNoob]

Damn. And I was about to pick one of these up. Definitely need to talk to DA about this one.

Send them 2 emails and left a voicemail.
I would have thought they'd be a bit more responsive on this kind of problem... Nice product so far,though.

 

[jdeveaux]

Go to Reef Central and post this information in their vendor forum. I noticed that they respond really fast when someone post issues there.

 

[Guest]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=329

there's the forum.[/url]

 

[klondike4001]

Sorry to hear this happened, but please keep us updated, I was thinking of getting one of these systems, but now I'm not so sure.

 

[ReefNoob]

Thanks guys
I contacted them about this urgent matter and will give them 24hrs to contact me back before "going public" on RC.I will definitely keep you posted.

 

[lesd]

I have two that I use heavily, so I'm tagging along. Hopefully this was an isolated thing!

-- Les

 

[Guest]

Wow that really sucks......Looks like it was the relay outlets too.

 

[GAW]

I was planning on getting one myself in a few months. Might not now.

Good luck and thank goodness you were home

 

[Guest]

I have one and it works fine for me........first time hearing about one setting on fire too so.....

 

[ReefNoob]

agreed with EK,it's still a great product and i'd recommend it to anyone( who has a fire extinguisher handy). J/K.
It's a great product and I'm sure DA will make good on that.

 

[Guest]

agreed with EK,it's still a great product and i'd recommend it to anyone( who has a fire extinguisher handy). J/K.
It's a great product and I'm sure DA will make good on that.

I'm sure they will, too. However, I'd be more concerned in finding out the cause of the problem.

Good luck.