Almost terrible

[40g Nano]

So I’m mixing saltwater in my garage with a pump and heater

I check on it every 30 min or so

so I checked on it for the third time, and my garage was filled with smoke

probably could have been terrible if I didn’t catch it in time

 

[Specific Ocean]

Jeez. What caused the smoke?

 

[40g Nano]

99.9 % sure the heater
I immediately unplugged it and it went away after I opened the doors

 

[40g Nano]

Smelled like an electrical fire in there

 

[40g Nano]

I’m sure glad I came in there when I did

 

[40g Nano]

The heater was 1 of 2 I got from pet smart for the winter season

1 just stopped working
The other one probably caused this

 

[Greg P]

Did you figure out where the smell came from? In the water, or out?

If something failed in the water I'd toss it and clean out the mixing hardware. You can't be sure what contaminates were introduced.

 

[40g Nano]

I’m not completely sure whether it somehow shorted out or the smoke came out of the water

that heater is in the trash

 

[Greg P]

Hmm, well then in that case I'd;
Toss the water and clean the mixing stuff.
Get both a GFCI and ground probe for that mixing station.

 

[polyppal]