Finney Heater Shocking bad time

[Clinton]

Hey mates,
Has anyone else has issues with their finnex heaters shocking the living hell out of them when on full blast? It seems to work properly and only build a charge in cold water... but man does it pack a punch. I had one blow out entirely on me before putting in a different circuit for the tank.

 

[Clinton]

FINNEX*** not Finney. Stupid 3 am typing

 

[Retro Reefer]

I would be switching to another brand of heaters.. make sure your tank is grounded and anything AC like heaters should be on a GFCI outlet

 

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They are cheap heaters i bougjt a lot of 6 on eBay once and all of them gave me trouble. They didnt come on on set F and if you bumped up the temp they would only stay on for maybe 15 sec then go off. Never again.

 

[Clinton]

I would be switching to another brand of heaters.. make sure your tank is grounded and anything AC like heaters should be on a GFCI outlet

GFCI outlet's the circuit it is on. It doesn't pop it. ;( after being blown backwards with one heater the company replaced for being faulty. I had cut corners the first go around. Now it blows my mind that it has a charge.