![]() |
#102
|
||||
|
||||
![]() What a great build! The full tank shots are amazing with how you've done the rockwork. Thanks for sharing with us.
__________________
Mark... ![]() 290g Peninsula Display, 425g total volume. Setup Jan 2013. |
#103
|
|||||
|
|||||
![]() So I'm sitting here looking at my fancy schmancy new tank and decided that it would really suck if it exploded. Thus I decided to install a GFCI. I know I should have done this at the start, and I intended to but for some reason it fell off my radar. Okay, so there are a lot of options. Buy a GFCI outlet and replace the main one in the wall with the GFCI. Or do I buy one of those GFCI powerbars ?? Lucky for me my dad had a GFCI outlet kicking around that he wasn't using. I was going to replace the wall receptacle with it but then decide that it would be nice to maybe leave the wall the way it is, and run a line under my tank and maybe use a GFCI powerbar instead.. Well, then it hit me. Why not make my own!
I ran out and picked up some supplies. A cable and a 3 prong plug, outdoor electrical box and weather proof cover. ![]() ![]() It was quite easy actually, and everything came with instructions. First I stripped one end of my waterproof wire for the plug. ![]() Then openned up the plug and inserted the appropriate wires into their respective slots. ![]() ![]() ![]() So now we have a plug. ![]() I siliconed the base of the plug (where the wire inserts into it) for good measure. Next I ran the other end of my cable into the electrical box where my receptacle will go. ![]() Insert said receptacle and attach the wires as per the instructions from the receptacle. ![]() ![]() Screw in the receptacle. ![]() Now we put on the weatherproof box. ![]() Attach the cover to said weatherproof box. ![]() Voila! one GFCI power outlet. Not quite a powerbar but anything I plug into it, including a power bar or two will be GFCI'ed. Incidentally I have two powerbars that I will be plugging into it. I plugged it in to make sure it worked of course. Orange light means it has tripped. It comes this way. Press the reset button to reset/untrip it. ![]() Plugged my 'fuge light into it and we have power! ![]() The whole process was actually quite simple and didn't take very long at all, except for having to pause after each step to take those darn pictures. |
#104
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Clever!
|
#105
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Just remember that it's in your best interest to not run everything on that GFCI in case it trips...leave at least a powerhead or two off of it.
__________________
Mark... ![]() 290g Peninsula Display, 425g total volume. Setup Jan 2013. |
#106
|
|||||
|
|||||
![]() Agreed! That's why I decided not to install the GFCI into the wall. This way I still have the wall receptacle to use for non-GFCI'ed (backup) stuff like you said. I am going to install a weatherbox over the non-GFCI wall receptacal as well.
|
#107
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Hey Kien, where did you get your DJ-8 thing? Did you have to order it? Id like to get one.
|
#108
|
|||||
|
|||||
![]() Sorry, I have no idea what a DJ-8 is but if you are referring to my GFCI thing-a-Ma-jig, all parts came from Rona.
|
#109
|
||||
|
||||
![]() I meant one of these things as your power strip. I thought I saw one in your system, I could be wrong and havent looked back to verify:
http://askville.amazon.com/SimilarQu...eq=Power+strip |
#110
|
|||||
|
|||||
![]() I think that power strip must be in someone elses build because it isn't in mine :-)
I will be using a Profilux digital 6 socket and 4 socket powerstrip once I get my Profilux controller up and running. Right now everything is just plugged into a regular powerbar. |