what is stay voltage ?why some people say ground the tank only make matter worse other say it help, how can an agroun probe help ?is this probe creatin a current path between the water and ground?i try to draw the current away with a grounding probe, i had a bad pump(power head) which was replced. anybody knows about this kind of stuff??
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I can only reply from a electricians point of view.. From what I know stray voltage only effects things that can complete a Circuit. Grounding does this.. Put it this way. You ever see birds hanging on a power line? They are never effected But, you ground them and, you have got fried chicken! Same applys to people. You can grab a hot wire as long as you are not grounded and it will do no harm.. So from a electricians point of view grounding would not be a good idea.. I must warn that I have not done research on stray voltage effecting fish. This is just from a contractors point of view...
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A circuit could only be made is there was actually stray voltage in your tank. And I see, I never addressed that issue.. Stray voltage is , I suppose in simple terms a leak in the voltage being requested by your equipment in your tank (only equipment in the tank can leak voltage (in this case the only things capable of this are the 3 powerheads)). There are a few reasons I can see this would happen, 1st poorly made equipment, 2nd damaged equipment. A grounding probe I suppose would be used to give the voltage an "out"..
The statement I made before was. I have no idea what that voltage could do to fish. And I also dont know what it does once you ground it.. I was just trying to give you some more input from a (I suppose) land based observation.. I am sorry I can't be of any more help..
The statement I made before was. I have no idea what that voltage could do to fish. And I also dont know what it does once you ground it.. I was just trying to give you some more input from a (I suppose) land based observation.. I am sorry I can't be of any more help..
