Octoman
Well-Known Member
After reading about a recent reef tank fire that did some major house damage and killed the family cat, I decided to get proactive on my tank. I will strip the whole thing down and get rid of it if I can't eliminate the risk of losing my dogs/cat/house.
I started looking around and found that almost every power strip out there says "not for aquarium use". I found one at HD that claims to prevent fires and seems to have some kind of ground fault circuit built into the plug. Anyone have any experience with this one? What kind of power strips have people found that are suitable?
What about a controller? Could this reduce the risk of catastrophic failure? I would assume they are built to be compatible with aquariums, and eliminating extra timers and getting an 8 outlet powerstrip sounds pretty good.
I also switched the tank outlet for a GFCI outlet, something that should have been done long ago (and would have been much easier to do without the unmovable tank in the way!).
What other tips do people have for minimizing fire and electrocution risk from the tank?
I started looking around and found that almost every power strip out there says "not for aquarium use". I found one at HD that claims to prevent fires and seems to have some kind of ground fault circuit built into the plug. Anyone have any experience with this one? What kind of power strips have people found that are suitable?
What about a controller? Could this reduce the risk of catastrophic failure? I would assume they are built to be compatible with aquariums, and eliminating extra timers and getting an 8 outlet powerstrip sounds pretty good.
I also switched the tank outlet for a GFCI outlet, something that should have been done long ago (and would have been much easier to do without the unmovable tank in the way!).
What other tips do people have for minimizing fire and electrocution risk from the tank?