Today I came home from work and found my filter light heater and my power were off. I then found my surge protector was burned.. My heater was melted the most but I'm worried it might happen again . any advice?
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Stanley Wong
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Plug your power strip into the GFCIToday I came home from work and found my filter light heater and my power were off. I then found my surge protector was burned.. My heater was melted the most but I'm worried it might happen again . any advice?
SROPE
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Ground fault circut interupter.
jadwv2210
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Make sure your cables are all plugged into an outlet that looks like this.
That's a GFCI outlet. If you don't have any of these outlets in your home an electrician can come install them easily or you can purchase a surge protector with them built in.
Also make sure all of your cables have a drip loop in them so that water cannot run down the cable and into the outlet.
Hope this helps.
That's a GFCI outlet. If you don't have any of these outlets in your home an electrician can come install them easily or you can purchase a surge protector with them built in.
Also make sure all of your cables have a drip loop in them so that water cannot run down the cable and into the outlet.
Hope this helps.
Stanley Wong
Community Member
I always put the power strip above the tankMake sure your cables are all plugged into an outlet that looks like this.
That's a GFCI outlet. If you don't have any of these outlets in your home an electrician can come install them easily or you can purchase a surge protector with them built in.
Also make sure all of your cables have a drip loop in them so that water cannot run down the cable and into the outlet.
Hope this helps.
