Woke up to a fire under my fish stand. It started from a rope led light I used on my algae scrubber. It work very well but start flickering after 2 months of use. I reach out to the company and they send me a new light. One week after using the new light it caught on fire melting the acrylic housing which fell and melted my skimmer cup and skimmer pump wire. The fire quickly spread beneath the stand which burnt my BM Doser, PH probes, heater refugium and cabinet led lights. After I got my family to safety I went back into the house and put out the fire with the fire extinguisher which contaminated my whole tank. Later on that day I did a 30 gallon water change and then 20 gl more the following day and 20 gl the day after. Swapped out filter socks each day and new carbon. The fish survived but all my SPS didn?t make it through the night, the softies was not fully open but look ok until the next day when i saw them melting away. I bought this light from a post I read here on MR or R2R which lead me to buy it so I hope by me writing this post it might help out my follow reefers who is using this light.
Disaster struck Monday 5:30 am.... Lost all SPS
- Thread starter rwells
- Start date
- Location
- The Big City
Great that nobody got hurt or there wasn't extensive damage to you home, but it just go to show that people need to be careful using these cheap products, especially around water, as they can lead to burn out and fires.
You?re absolutely right, first cheap product I ever purchase for my tank and very important lesson learned.
- Location
- Westchester, N.Y
Very glad to hear that everybody was safe and not much damage. Thanks for sharing this story. Cheap lights or not it just shows that anytime there's danger. We are dealing with many pieces of equipment. And many outlets. I'm not a believer in more lights in sumps growing things. More simple and less toys to keep it safe.
- Location
- Franklin Square, NY
So sorry to hear, minimal damage and no one was hurt are the main things. Most of the fires I?ve heard about over the years are usually caused by lightning fixtures....I use smoke detectors above all my equipment for this reason.
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- Location
- Roselle NJ
I had a similar experience with an 8 plug outlet under the stand after awhile the salt creep into the outlet and started a fire. I was lucky to be walking down to the basement to fish watch just in time to see fire before it got too big.
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Thanks very kind of you.
- Location
- Manalapan, NJ
I recently purchased the same led light from amazon. For my chaeto reacto. Where did the spark start from ..... outlet ?
No the outlet was fine, fire start from the strip with led.
Thanks buddy...
- Location
- staten island
Such a tragedy! Hope you get back on your feet! I almost burnt down my house the day I pickedup that led tape. The person who soldered the power supply to the tape, had both wires basically melted together. The second I fired the led up, it lit up in flames. ANYONE THAT USES these led tape units, please resolder and shrink wrap them! They are extremely dangerous.
Yes it was plug in a 6 outlet GFCI Adapter.
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