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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 07-16-2013, 04:31 PM
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What is the wattage of the heater
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Old 07-16-2013, 06:41 PM
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He looks like a cracked out frodo!


Can't wait for next season!!!
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