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banditpowdercoat
02-11-2011, 09:53 PM
Just a note of caution to all. I found my K3 not working the other day. Upon further inspection, the plug is all fried!! Had a drip loop in cord too. Was mildly shorting at the wall plug and fried the plug itself. So, I unpluged the pump. Left pump in tank for a few days. Today I pull out and the cord end on the pump is wet!! Nothing dripping down the cord. Cut cord open and its wet all inside. The cord was acting like a straw allowing Salt Water right down to the plug.



Just a word of caution. This could have burned my house down!

Binare
02-11-2011, 11:28 PM
Your gfci faulty?

cuz
02-11-2011, 11:30 PM
that is wierd!! like a siphon?

banditpowdercoat
02-12-2011, 02:44 AM
Your gfci faulty?
Short between Hot and Neutral, GFI will not do anything in that scenario, so ya GFI working properly.


Yes, cuz, kinda like a siphon.More Capillary action, where the water weeps down the inside of the cable to the plug end...