I've provided some pictures of my current setup/situation to kind of illustrate what Im dealing with.
Im looking for some help in redoing the cords in my fishroom and I have a couple of a roadblocks that Im working through that Im wondering how some folks who have their cords and equipment all neat and tidy managed to address.
My fish room is pretty small, right now all the outlets and power I have provided is the room with the tank. Ideally Id like to have all the power located in the room on the other side wall opposite of the tank, which is a laundry room.
So I have a couple of problems and concerns when it comes to relocating these wires to nearby rooms like some folks have with their set up, or even if Im going to keep the power in the tiny fish room and create a panel with a false bottom to hide cords and such.
- What do you guys do with equipment that have tiny cords??? My BRS dosers and to an extent, my heater have tiny cords and I need to keep them on the side of the sump thats opposite of my power panel. Do you guys just have extension cords tied up to make up the distance?? Im not a huge fan of that.
- What do you all do with the annoying transformer boxes we have on equipment such as led lights and vortechs?? You know, the little 3x6" black boxes. Those things are annoying placed halfway into the run of the cord. Where do you stuff those?
Thats mainly it for my problems. I personally like using the In-Use weatherproof coverings for my outlets, but some might consider that overkill, especially considering its protected with a GFI breaker, but I know electrical inspectors would still require it.
The problem is mainly cord length to accommodate the run to this organized locating. I look at some folks pictures with the organized cord set ups that are sometimes in a different room and Im wondering if whats not shown in the pictures are extension cords tucked behind the sump or in a wall, etc. Id also have a problem stuffing all these transfomers, extension cord connections, etc behind a wood panel with a false bottom just because theres a lot that can go wrong there in a tight combustible space that you cant see visually at all.
Perhaps Im too cautious, either way, Id love to be enlightened. Pics of your setup too would be great
Im looking for some help in redoing the cords in my fishroom and I have a couple of a roadblocks that Im working through that Im wondering how some folks who have their cords and equipment all neat and tidy managed to address.
My fish room is pretty small, right now all the outlets and power I have provided is the room with the tank. Ideally Id like to have all the power located in the room on the other side wall opposite of the tank, which is a laundry room.
So I have a couple of problems and concerns when it comes to relocating these wires to nearby rooms like some folks have with their set up, or even if Im going to keep the power in the tiny fish room and create a panel with a false bottom to hide cords and such.
- What do you guys do with equipment that have tiny cords??? My BRS dosers and to an extent, my heater have tiny cords and I need to keep them on the side of the sump thats opposite of my power panel. Do you guys just have extension cords tied up to make up the distance?? Im not a huge fan of that.
- What do you all do with the annoying transformer boxes we have on equipment such as led lights and vortechs?? You know, the little 3x6" black boxes. Those things are annoying placed halfway into the run of the cord. Where do you stuff those?
Thats mainly it for my problems. I personally like using the In-Use weatherproof coverings for my outlets, but some might consider that overkill, especially considering its protected with a GFI breaker, but I know electrical inspectors would still require it.
The problem is mainly cord length to accommodate the run to this organized locating. I look at some folks pictures with the organized cord set ups that are sometimes in a different room and Im wondering if whats not shown in the pictures are extension cords tucked behind the sump or in a wall, etc. Id also have a problem stuffing all these transfomers, extension cord connections, etc behind a wood panel with a false bottom just because theres a lot that can go wrong there in a tight combustible space that you cant see visually at all.
Perhaps Im too cautious, either way, Id love to be enlightened. Pics of your setup too would be great
