YIKES...ELECTROCUTION almost

meowzer

meowzer

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WOW....I was trying to get something out of the refugium....hit the fuge light....and knocked it in
quickly yanked it out....couldn't reach the darn plug as the light is flickering and smoke starts coming out....YELLS for husband....thank goodness he got the plug out.....PHEW!!!!
Think my light is ruined
.....Thank goodness I still have my Walmart clip on lamp

MAN this fish tank business is scary sometimes ...LOL
 
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shrimpy brains

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I know it's reflex, but plug first. Then pull it out of the water.
Don't you have a GFCI outlet or breaker? It should have tripped!
Glad you are ok!!
 
hunt

hunt

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one time a few months ago i woke up for school (7:00am) and i decided to feed my fish some flakes, i stuck my finger in the tank but couldnt pass the surface. The water was electrocuted, the fish were swimming around and they were fine, so maybe it was just the surface, i unpluged everything and pluged it back in and all better, never figured out what caused it and prabably never will. The shock felt like one of those trick oens that when you click it you get a shock. (maybe my fish were playing a practical joke
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meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Shrimpy Brains
http:///forum/post/3238130
I know it's reflex, but plug first. Then pull it out of the water.
Don't you have a GFCI outlet or breaker? It should have tripped!
Glad you are ok!!
LOL....HEY...yes I have one of those protected power box things...I wonder why it didn't...maybe I yanked it too fast
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Hunt
http:///forum/post/3238132
one time a few months ago i woke up for school (7:00am) and i decided to feed my fish some flakes, i stuck my finger in the tank but couldnt pass the surface. The water was electrocuted, the fish were swimming around and they were fine, so maybe it was just the surface, i unpluged everything and pluged it back in and all better, never figured out what caused it and prabably never will. The shock felt like one of those trick oens that when you click it you get a shock. (maybe my fish were playing a practical joke
)
Do you use a grounding probe in your tank?
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by bayreefer
http:///forum/post/3238147
This is my biggest fear!

This is the 2nd time in over 18months that I have had something like this happen.....last time it was a 4" fan...BUT the plug was right there....I had the pulg out before I blinked...
this one was a lot harder to get too.....
 
bayreefer

bayreefer

Member
Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3238153
This is the 2nd time in over 18months that I have had something like this happen.....last time it was a 4" fan...BUT the plug was right there....I had the pulg out before I blinked...
this one was a lot harder to get too.....

at least you are ok, I suppose it could have been a lot worse
 
t316

t316

Active Member
Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3238153
This is the 2nd time in over 18months that I have had something like this happen.....last time it was a 4" fan...BUT the plug was right there....I had the pulg out before I blinked...
this one was a lot harder to get too.....

I know it's natural tendency to reach in immediately, but that can be deadly....
 
nissan577

nissan577

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that happened to me, but like a dummy i put my hand in the water and grab the fuge light and got SHOCK! then i did it again! SHOCK! then i unplug it
 
jimmyr1rider

jimmyr1rider

Member
The reason the fish dont get zapped and you do as soon as you touch the surface is because electricity follows the path of least resistance to the ground- neither the fish or the water their in touch the ground so is the same as a bird on an electrical wire off a telephone pole. They arent touching the ground so the current has nowhere to go, you on the other hand with your socks or possibly wet feet after a shower do, hence the wonderful feeling of being zapped lol. Glad youre ok.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by T316
http:///forum/post/3238162
I know it's natural tendency to reach in immediately, but that can be deadly....

I didn't reach in....I pulled it out by the plug
Originally Posted by nissan577
http:///forum/post/3238165
that happened to me, but like a dummy i put my hand in the water and grab the fuge light and got SHOCK! then i did it again! SHOCK! then i unplug it

Silly silly Carlos....LOL
 
jimmyr1rider

jimmyr1rider

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Is the same way we would reach at a red hot piece of glass or something because you know glass is fragile and it shatters when it hits the ground then we scream like the moron we are after getting burnt lol
 
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