OK Folks, electrical problem with GFCI

[Anonymous]

Evening folks, went downstairs to turn off all lights not on a timer and I got shocked when I put my hands in the water to upright a gorg which was blown over. I get shocked (been done too many times to count, but this one was def up there with some of the most uncomfortable ones) and the gfcis do not trip.

Naturally I put my hand back in the water to make sure I was not imagining it. I get shocked again. So now I get my little tester and check the water and I get readings anywhere from nothing to spiking to 40 volts sometimes but most times staying around 20. So now I go to each gfci and trip it and test, each time I still get a reading. So now I turn them all off at one time so, as far as I thought, there should be no power going to my tanks and I test and still get a bouncing reading now from zero to 20. Since the stereo is on in the garage (on a seperate line already exsisting in the house, not connected anyway to my tanks) everytime it gets up to round 20 or so I hear interference on the radio.

Anyone have any clues?

 

[Anonymous]

OK found it. I have a personal 180 way up in the house which I plumbed into my system in the garage. Of course, a rio which was not on a GFCI (I installed 32 outlets in the garage for the tanks all gfci protected) in my livingroom, it was what was shocking me. Who'd of thunk it? :roll:

If my wife had not come downstairs cause she wasn't feeling well I would not have even looked over at that tank and the thought would never have occured to me.

Oh well.

 

[danmhippo]

Dude, dump the Rio. When I got stray voltage in my tank, the first thing I check is the powerheads. Back when I still has some Rios, It was always one of the Rios. I dumped all my rio pumps one day and replaced them with maxijets and mags.

 

[reefland]

I had a RIO zap my ass. I can't wait for some class action lawsuit to start up. Someone is gonna die before something happens. Never again to RIO's.

 

[MiNdErAsR]

I had a RIO zap my ass.

I don't think they were intended for use in that area!

 

[sparks]

I think you better get a grounding probe in your tank, before you get a real serious FULL voltage shock. 8O 8O 8O

 

[Anonymous]

rios have had a rep for zapping for at least 4-5 yrs.i've also been zapped by 'em-get a mag drive!

 

[Anonymous]

I know all about the rios, but unfortunately because of their cost effectiveness, I'll still use them. I have many rios in the shop as well as maxi jets and I have been shocked by both. In fact 3 different maxi's in one week once. I'd need ten or more maxi jets in one live rock tub alone before I even got close to the flow that I was getting from two large rios. As far as a grounding probe, the aquanetics fireplug hooked up to the system is supposed to have on in it.

If you take how many times I have had trouble with both rios and maxi's compared to the number of each I have, you'll see that in my experience the maxis give me a much higher instance of shock.

At any rate problem solved.