I think my tank killed the power

[Bifferwine]

My lights are 1400 something watts. But I also have all my other tank equipment plugged in the same circuit.

The breaker didn't trip. I've turned it on, off, over and over again. Nothing.

As far as I know, I only have GFCI in the bathrooms, not where my tank is. I tried resetting those anyways, to no avail.

The electrician should be here any minute now (actually... According to their timeline, two hours ago ). I'll check and see what he recommends.

[Fastlight]

yea 1400 on a single circuit along with your other equipment may be pushing the limit. especially you haveing equipment for 240galllons(lucky) im guessing you burned out something. And imo get your self gfci proteced. Its a little more but worth it. If they say there may be nuicanse tripping that is outdated info. That is not a common problem much anymore. Let me know what they say. Being an electrician i am naturally curious

[yote]

I wouldnt have my tank without the GFCIs.Its just not worth the risk to me.However I did make up my own GFCI drop cords so that if they trip it dont kill the electricity in the whole bedroom.
1 for the lights,1 for my return pump,and 2 for my power heads.

[OurFishies]

Sadly I can't say what the surge protector was. We are very careful with nets now though, and got a much nicer surge protector.

[Piggy]

Originally Posted by Fastlight

yea 1400 on a single circuit along with your other equipment may be pushing the limit. especially you haveing equipment for 240galllons(lucky) im guessing you burned out something. And imo get your self gfci proteced. Its a little more but worth it. If they say there may be nuicanse tripping that is outdated info. That is not a common problem much anymore. Let me know what they say. Being an electrician i am naturally curious

Been trying to figure this out. Sometimes when we flip the bathroom light off it will trip the GFCI on the tank. Any idea why? I was thinking of adding up everything on the circuit to see if it's overloaded.
Biff hope you get your problem solved.

[Melonbob]

I can add this, apparantly if your outlet is gfci protected, DO NOT use a GFCI surge bar. Adding a second GFCI to a circuit that already has one negates the effect......apparantly

[lightcs4]

Originally Posted by Piggy

Been trying to figure this out. Sometimes when we flip the bathroom light off it will trip the GFCI on the tank. Any idea why? I was thinking of adding up everything on the circuit to see if it's overloaded.
Biff hope you get your problem solved.

Have you checked the grounding on the outlet? There are simple testers you can get for around $5 that will check for the correct wiring on an outlet. It has three prongs to fit the outlet and three lights. You just match the light with the guide on the tester to see if it is wired correctly, has a ground fault, or reverse wired.

And I always heard something similar about GFCI outlets. I was always told you only need one at the beginning of the circuit to protect the whole line. I'm not an electrician though.

[Bifferwine]

Well, the electrician never showed yesterday... waiting for 4 hours after our scheduled appointment, and kept being told he was on his way. Finally he called and said sorry, he was sick. So someone else is supposed to be coming over this afternoon instead.

[yote]

Tell em to hurry up.

[dolphins8426]

That sucks. I love looking at my fish tank with the light on. It's very relaxing. Hopefully you will get everything fixed today and you can have everything back up and running.