Please tell me I'm not the only one

250mixreef · Jan 21, 2016

I've done that's couple of times thenI set up a float valve

Bdog4u2 · Jan 21, 2016

Forgot for 2 days once in a spare bedroom it now has new carpet and new insulation in crawlspace.

RMS18 · Jan 21, 2016

Did something similar, was doing a water change had the hose pulling water into a bucket, walked away lost track of time came back to the bucket overflowing.

MOPAR · Jan 21, 2016

Haha I do it just about everytime I fill my buckets. I need to setup a auto shutoff but I never have.

40Gallon · Jan 21, 2016

Well I think it was very therapeutic to all share our flooding stories & know I'm not alone. Same time next week???

rossco · Jan 22, 2016

A local reefer learned the hard way not to run the water line directly to the tank. Overflowed and killed everything except some zoas due to hypo salinity.

MikeyinTX · Jan 24, 2016

After reading all these I'm soo glad I got the water leak sensor. Thought I'd have time for a run while mine filled up, but was wrong. Nothing more motivating to hurry that run up than the text that there's water on the floor! Only ended up with a small puddle [emoji5]️

aquaman67 · Jan 24, 2016

I used to make water in the bath tub for this very reason.

Now I have a Brute can with a float switch and the drain goes outside. There is also a 3/8 overflow drain on the Brute in case of float valve malfunction.

If it can happen. Plan for it.

dburkart · Jan 24, 2016

MikeyinTX said:
After reading all these I'm soo glad I got the water leak sensor. Thought I'd have time for a run while mine filled up, but was wrong. Nothing more motivating to hurry that run up than the text that there's water on the floor! Only ended up with a small puddle

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I have flooded the basement multiple times; fortunately there is nothing to be damaged and I found that the water would be absorbed into the concrete in a day or two. Recently I found the following at BRS and I should now not have to worry the sound it makes when it senses water will wake the dead !!

aquaman67 said:
I used to make water in the bath tub for this very reason.

Now I have a Brute can with a float switch and the drain goes outside. There is also a 3/8 overflow drain on the Brute in case of float valve malfunction.

If it can happen. Plan for it.

I found the Watchdog Leak Detector at BRS, http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/watchdog-leak-detection-alarm.html , the alarm is quite loud and should help me from flooding the basement any more.

Dave