Bad luck with my build...

[Mgoc]

The other night I went to sleep and woke up to a flooded living room... The return plumbing failed and the pump kept pumping water out, the pump is rated at 2400 gph so you can imagine what a lovely morning it was. Anyway, my HID ballasts seemed to be dry, I opened them up and didnt see any water inside but i decided to wait a few days before plugging them in again and I used some compressed air to help them dry. After a whole week I tried them tonight and HOLY SMOKES!!!!! Literally, they were SMOOOOKING.

Does anybody know if they would be fixable or where to buy new ones?

 

[jasonrodreef]

Buy new..dont take the risk..

 

[boehm742]

+1 not worth the risk.

 

[Squishie89]

I am so sorry =(

 

[emeraldeyes_bc]

Oh man that sucks
I wonder if the trick for cell phones would work and burry it in rice for a few days??

 

[cdness]

Oh man that sucks
I wonder if the trick for cell phones would work and burry it in rice for a few days??

Possibly, but he said it was smoking. I hope he had a jar handy so the blue smoke could catch it and put it back in where it came from... If he didn't, the rice would just make a dried out burnt ballast

Note: It's late and I need to go to bed

 

[eliramos]

count your blessings at least there were no livestock!

 

[subdrive]

not worth the risk man~

 

[emeraldeyes_bc]

Possibly, but he said it was smoking. I hope he had a jar handy so the blue smoke could catch it and put it back in where it came from... If he didn't, the rice would just make a dried out burnt ballast

Note: It's late and I need to go to bed

lol I think I'm the one that needs to go to bed

 

[that novice guy]

Yup not worth the risk losing your house over 120 bucks

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[CoryC]

Check valves, a GFI circuit, or an apex lite with a water on floor sensor hooked to a deadman switch. Will save you the heartache.

 

[Mgoc]

count your blessings at least there were no livestock!

I agree!! It would have sucked even worse with livestock in it.

 

[Mgoc]

Check valves, a GFI circuit, or an apex lite with a water on floor sensor hooked to a deadman switch. Will save you the heartache.

I just started the build but I am considering doing that, I actually have an in-line check valve for my return but thats exactly what went wrong. One of the clamps holding it in place broke.

 

[scamp]

if you use a check valve make sure it is a true union valve so you can open it up and clean/inspect. I do this monthly. I use check valves in my system but am religious about maintaince and I try to run as much water in the system as poss. Im also on a concrete slab so not overly concerned with flooding. you can plumb your system so that it runs less water in the sump and be able handle the drain back in the system. which is, according to some, the most prudent way. also you should have a gfi on the system. the will save your life! good luck and have fun wit it! :>

 

[ReeferBob]

When you rebuild make sure you set up the system so only a small amount of water will drain or get pumped back in the case of pump or siphon failure. In my 125g system, about 4 gallons would get dumped into the sump in the case of pump failure. And my return chamber could pump maybe a gallon to the tank if the drains got blocked. Neither would cause any problems.

 

[Mgoc]

if you use a check valve make sure it is a true union valve so you can open it up and clean/inspect. I do this monthly. I use check valves in my system but am religious about maintaince and I try to run as much water in the system as poss. Im also on a concrete slab so not overly concerned with flooding. you can plumb your system so that it runs less water in the sump and be able handle the drain back in the system. which is, according to some, the most prudent way. also you should have a gfi on the system. the will save your life! good luck and have fun wit it! :>

Thanks man!! I will definitely use a gfi in the future, I just dont know how to hook it up or what I need as far as maybe an aqua controller or something like that.

 

[Mgoc]

When you rebuild make sure you set up the system so only a small amount of water will drain or get pumped back in the case of pump or siphon failure. In my 125g system, about 4 gallons would get dumped into the sump in the case of pump failure. And my return chamber could pump maybe a gallon to the tank if the drains got blocked. Neither would cause any problems.

My sump can handle the amount of water that would drain back into it in case of pump failure my problem was a clamp that broke right after the check valve and the pump kept pumping water, part of it went back into the sump but the rest just went everywhere, thankfully it caused a small short and my breakers worked and cut the power to that outlet otherwise it would've been really awful. I appreciate the advice!!!

 

[scamp]

they make gfi boxs that plug into you wall outlet. i saw them in lowes yesterday, think they were like 25-30 bucks

 

[scamp]

i just installed a digital aquatics reef keeper on my system. works really well and super easy to program and add on to. what i like the most is the ability to run multiple tank on the single controller. it runs up to 250 modules.

 

[cdness]

they make gfi boxs that plug into you wall outlet. i saw them in lowes yesterday, think they were like 25-30 bucks

Be careful with these... If power goes out for some reason, they may not turn back on. Power loss triggers it to shut down so you need to be there to turn it back on.

You should really look at the permanent ones that go in the wall box.

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