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07-15-2013, 09:32 PM
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Electric Fire!
About a week ago, I was halfway through an episode of Game of Thrones when I noticed a flash and a small fire coming from my reef fish tank. I rushed over and realized that the plug of my heater had basically melted right onto to the power bar Fortunately, the small blaze died itself and no damage was done (new power bar was needed).
How can I prevent this from happening again? There are only 2 koralia pumps connected to the same power bar and it is located away from the water so I am confident that it was not caused by any water damage. Currently I have not bought another heater because the summer heat and my lights are keeping the temperature in check. Eventually, I will have to get another heater. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks 
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07-15-2013, 09:37 PM
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Never watch Game of Thrones again! That was definetly the cause of the fire.
 This is one of the only instances a disaster has happened when you were home and able to react usually its when your 2000 miles away on vacation. Lucky it didn't catch and put itself out.Could it be result of a faulty powerbar, I know lots of Powerbars state on them not for aquarium use? How old was the PB?
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07-15-2013, 09:54 PM
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Yeah, what kind of power bar was it? Many are NOT GOOD for any usages, aquarium or not.
Check this: http://www.beananimal.com/articles/outlet-strips.aspx It's quite sobering! I personally have 4 x Digital Aquatics PC4's (yes, expensive, but IMO you get what you pay for). And they are each powered by their own outlet - currently sharing 1 circuit, but in my new build (~1 month from now), there will be more circuits!
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07-15-2013, 10:00 PM
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The short answer is there isn't much you can do to prevent re-occurrence
Long answer is power bars no matter how cheap or expensive do fail as do anything plugged into them there are things to make it safer to use like a GFI plugged into the power bar or actually plugging only one item per outlet(don't laugh I know many people who do this including a few FW hobbyists) or even a couple of UPS unfortunately its one of those constant back of the mind worries that can never be fully prepared for
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07-16-2013, 03:19 PM
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07-16-2013, 06:41 PM
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Can't wait for next season!!!
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07-15-2013, 10:05 PM
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Thanks. The more I think of it, the more I'm coming to the conclusion that it was some sort if Game of Thrones related sorcery. Haha.
Seriously though, the power bar was just a standard one. I'll make sure to buy one from the fish store when I get a heater. Thanks
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07-15-2013, 11:57 PM
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Funny thing, my powerbar lit on fire on The weekend as well, right were I had a hk nano plugged in
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