Don't burn your house down!

^very true. I've never had good luck with those tho. I've had 2 fail on me, so I just hardwire now.
 
m.miller1547 said:
I was thinking the same. My tank was still running fine. I'm very upset I payed $50 for a nicer powerstrip and it didn't do its job. Protect from overload or spikes in load. I had such an adrenaline rush.
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Just saw this.

It's not the power strips fault it did it's intended job. The power strip will only detect surges and pop - ie a thunderstorm were all of a sudden you house's voltage spikes above safe levels. The power going into the strip is too high for the strip and it pops killing power to the strip.

In your situation however, water got into the strip causing an electrical short or "leak." Only a GFCI would detect that the same amount of voltage wasn't being returned to the GFCI on the neutral wire that what it was feeding the strip on the positive (hot) wire. The "leak" is what melted and fried your strip and could of resulted in fire.


Tbonekilla said:
Circuit breaker's only job is to protect the wiring in the house.
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Yep, the circuit breaker in your electrical panel will only pop when that circuit reaches the AMP load for the circuit. ie the wires from the breaker to the feeds (outlets) become too hot.
 
Understood... Sw+powerstrip=disaster.
Sw+powerstrip+GFCI=disaster(if gfci pops and I'm not home)
powerstrip(mounted properly)=Happy reefer.
 
Had that happen to me a few years ago. Was scary smelled smoke and didn't know where it was coming from then I heard popping and found it. Lucky you were home. I am now so careful how have my wires hooked up.
Glad you and everything is ok!
 
So what combination of electrical will stop my stupid LEDs from electrocuting me? None? Great...
 
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