Long post, sorry: :shout:
I was all happy because I connected my chiller, UV, Calc reactor, and finally plumbed my new refugium. All was great for a couple days and then tonight.....it hit the fan a bit.
I had the drain from the fuge coming down into the rock bed of my sump. To reduce bubbles, I put a sponge at the end of the tube. Well the powerhead in my fuge slipped a bit, blew too much chaeto around causing it to pass through my filter tube, go down the drain line and gather at the end on top of the sponge. That's not a big deal until it causes the drain line to back up!
The good news is I just happened to check my sump before heading upstairs and noticed it was getting low even though I just topped off earlier in the evening. Realized if it's not in the sump and not in the tank then.......FUGE!!!! I could have had a HUGE mess in the morning. It just start to trickle over the top when I cleared the drain line and turned off the PH in the fuge.
The water apparently hit my surge protector and it shut everything connected to it off. Ok, here's the wierd part and why I need an electrician tomorrow:
It usually trips a breaker in my basement, I checked and all was good. Still no reset on my surge protector. The outlet 5 feet away works just fine (where it's plugged into now). No GFCI circuits around to reset.
Now the ironinc part, my lighting on the main floor is plugged into a outlet in my basement (through the floor) and it shut off as well! All that said, I can only assume that the outlet in my little fish room is fried and it's connected somehow to the outlet in the basement.
Can anyone recommend a good (cost efficient) electrician that would come check it out and help me get things back on track? I will probably have him run a couple dedicated circuits from the breaker board to my fish room.
Chris
I was all happy because I connected my chiller, UV, Calc reactor, and finally plumbed my new refugium. All was great for a couple days and then tonight.....it hit the fan a bit.
I had the drain from the fuge coming down into the rock bed of my sump. To reduce bubbles, I put a sponge at the end of the tube. Well the powerhead in my fuge slipped a bit, blew too much chaeto around causing it to pass through my filter tube, go down the drain line and gather at the end on top of the sponge. That's not a big deal until it causes the drain line to back up!
The good news is I just happened to check my sump before heading upstairs and noticed it was getting low even though I just topped off earlier in the evening. Realized if it's not in the sump and not in the tank then.......FUGE!!!! I could have had a HUGE mess in the morning. It just start to trickle over the top when I cleared the drain line and turned off the PH in the fuge.
The water apparently hit my surge protector and it shut everything connected to it off. Ok, here's the wierd part and why I need an electrician tomorrow:
It usually trips a breaker in my basement, I checked and all was good. Still no reset on my surge protector. The outlet 5 feet away works just fine (where it's plugged into now). No GFCI circuits around to reset.
Now the ironinc part, my lighting on the main floor is plugged into a outlet in my basement (through the floor) and it shut off as well! All that said, I can only assume that the outlet in my little fish room is fried and it's connected somehow to the outlet in the basement.
Can anyone recommend a good (cost efficient) electrician that would come check it out and help me get things back on track? I will probably have him run a couple dedicated circuits from the breaker board to my fish room.
Chris
