My Dailey scare

Yesterday the wind was blowing strong and a tree arced a power line. I was without power for an hour or so. I biggest worry was my tank with power. Wishing I had a UPS and getting my generator ready power was restored. I’m guessing one of my pumps was gummed up and jammed when the power came on(around 5pm). About 10pm my gets me and says my tank was making noise and she smelt something burning. I rushed the seen and began troubleshooting. Skipping and the nonsense the pump would burp then smoke would rise producing a burning smell. To make a long story short it wasn’t a short it was the pump burning under the water and raising to the surface. Bad news that was my coral deeding line but after a few adjustments its fine till I get some replacement power heads.

 

wow thats not cool did you have a ground probe?

 

No nor do I have a GFI but I will be installing one soon

 

Looking at ground probes they seem very simple and one have Ideas on a DYI

 

No. Just get one that is fabricated. You want one with a three pronged plug (two of the prongs will be plastic. Combined with the GFCI, you have some protection.

 

whats the difrence between a GFI & a GFCI and what does GFCI stand for ??

 

Same thing so far as I know. I think the C stands for Circuit.

 

Ok thanks

 

There one and the Same.. some people just shorten the GFCI. . It stands for Ground fault current interrupter. Glad it worked out.

 

Good thing I replaced my pumps today ill be doing the gfi and ground probe soon maby a ups for my lights as well