Just added a Grounding Probe...good idea?

Yah! It's was a long hard slog.

I wish I had looked into the wiring of my house years ago. The joys of home ownership, old home ownership that is. It's not as romantic as you think.
Tangster where were you about 2 years ago when I first set up my tank?? LOL!!!

 

I have a question on how a grounding probe works, here is why.

I have grounding probes on both of my tanks "good?" Today after reading this post I tested my tanks with my meter, it was set on DCA 200um. With the probe in the tank I was getting reading of 6.8um. With NO gp my reading were 0.0um in on tank and 1.0um in the other. What gives, to me it seems that my tank operates with less stray amps with NO gp. Is that correct or am I not thinking correctly? :-/

Thanks,
Dustin

 

LOL in 2002 I was forced into retirement from being crushed up in a head on auto wreck But the 35 yrs before that i was making my money off of remolding the mechanical systems of old Town home I love a money pit As a full mechanical contractor in a very old city it was a lot of money and work to be had and all they wanted was lots of electricity and A/C and flushing toilets

 

If you no that plug is properly grounded then the 3 prong is all you need and if its not grounded to elect codes then that screw will do you no good either. Thats screw and the receptacle lug ground are both connected through the metal frame that the receptacle is made onto then that screw screws into that same metal frame. So with a meter you test that screw either by touching the screw with a meter probe then inserting the other probe tip into the receptcale opening then you should read 120.v id not try the other side of the receptacle just in-case someone reversed the polarity . Then if nothing still the last way is to just take the cover off and look and see then test inside the outlet box. But if you are not sure what you are doing get someone who does.. Electricity scares the heck out of many .. Did I just make sensce ? :-[

 

Are you in the U.K or Europe maybe ? to test on a meter in that range in the states I'd say you where messing with a set of speakers ? If if a 200um peripheral is where you are looking the device has 115um bond ... reflow temperature range of both the FCIP and the DCA. (Direct Chip Attach You where not even in the ball park with the way you tested , Its a totally different animal then a simple A/C voltage to ground from a fish tank If you are in the state on our power grid then you need to set your meter on A/C voltage then in the range of mid way like 50 v. then touch a probe into the tank then the other probe to a known solid ground source Then if it reads less then the set point of the meter back the meter off to the next lower Voltage range If hight then 50 go up but by then you would have seen the problem with a dead or stressed tank .. then you will see the tanks V. reading either higher or lower then the mid way set of the meter . Are you using a analog tester It a digital type ?

 

Are you in the U.K or Europe maybe ?

Not in Europe, good old Ohio. Not very familiar with electrical matters that is why I tested in DCA. My meter is a cheap digital unit it only reads at 750v and 200V. Yes i have one fish in each tanks with HLLE a blue tang and a coral beauty. Just figured that I was not feeding them a vitamin rich diet, looks like it is probably stray current. Will testing the water at the 200V setting show me anything? Thanks for your help.

Dustin

 

Just set it on the lowest A/C range you have then if its a digital and the lowest is 200V. A/C then it should read what ever is below that set point.. I still say voltage is the cause of the lateral line problem .

I only feed flakes and I keep tangs and always have and I have never fed a specialized diet other then some broccoli as a treat every once and awhile and I have never had a case of lateral line disease. And the only fish I ever knew to have had that problem was always in UN grounded tanks. And also if you want to help make the fish you have better feed broccoli that has been soaked cod live oil..Brocilli is the best thing I ever found to help them back to health.

I have a hippo right now he came here at the start of a cycle in a new tank .. Eat up with the problem his old tank was supposedly grounded.. Well It was not I ran a new dedicated line and he went through a cycle and now looks almost perfectly back to normal not much scaring at all.

Oh and the best thing about the broccoli feeding is it will last in the tank for days and not do like lettuce and the Norri/select weed stuff all swear by.

 

I tested the tanks the way you described with the grounding probe in place and my reading are now 0volts. I found a problem with my ground wire for my 29 gallon tank, it was not connected in the lighting fixture that is on the same breaker as the outlet. Fixed now, I hope! What kind of cod oil do you use? The kind in the caplets or in the jar?

 

I've noticed that since I've added the grounding probe, my anemone has begun to move around quite a bit. He was in the same place for MONTHS, like the entire summer and fall. Now he's moving. Coincidence, or is there something going on?