Protip: Electricity

[giulianom]

If you feel a tingle of current on the outside of a plastic water barrel, and you're trying to figure out if the heater you got is bad...



DO NOT stick your finger in the water...



While barefoot...



On damp concrete...





DO, on the other hand, have said heater connected through two floors of electrical wiring, to a GFCI outlet in a bathroom.



My right arm is still tingly...

 

[myreefclub0070]

sorry but i'm lmao, can't help it.
being able to tell the story is a good enough ending.

 

[giulianom]

That's ok...



And I was wondering why the GFCI tripped earlier, too...

 

[hn1]

I lol'd too. I admit it.

Glad you're alright. Good tip!

 

[saltwaterwannabe]

HD carries a gfci that plugs in like an extension cord. I do not know how good they are, but it is a thought. Replacing a regular outlet with a gfci outlet is pretty easy too as long as the outlet box is not overstuffed already. I have had my hairs raised a few times on 120 and it is never enjoyable, glad you are able to tell the story.

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[giulianom]

Yeah, the circuit was already GFCI protected...



It's just strange that the circuit in the basement also fed the upstairs master bathroom with the GFCI outlet.



At least it works...

 

[rdnelson]

Not strange at all based on the age of the house. When code first required GFIs outdoors and in bathrooms they were pretty expensive because it was new technology. Therefore contractors would put all the required outlets on one circuit protected by one GFI installed at the location closest to the panel. If connected properly, that would protect them all. Code has since changed. Bathroom GFIs can now only serve the bathrooms.

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[genesis]

I've been zapped a few times from my sw mixing container when I had some cheap eBay power heads, they were in the trash right afterwards.

 

[giulianom]

One other thing: The mixed water in the barrels smells... burnt, I guess.

I was going to use it for water changes... but now I'm thinking that I should probably dump it and mix new.

Waste of 2 bags of salt, but still...


What do you all think?

 

[bcavalli]

Your lucky, 120v is no joke and hurts like heck. I'm glad your ok.

 

[tbub1221]

Lol .. Sorry G . . Not sorry